Former IRS employee sentenced for preparing false tax returns
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A former IRS employee has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and fined $150,000 for preparing false tax returns, according to court documents. Hector Cavazos, a 63-year-old resident of San Antonio, was found guilty of aiding in the preparation of 61 fraudulent tax returns. Cavazos operated a...
Former IRS employee from San Antonio receives 2-year prison sentence in false tax return...
SAN ANTONIO – A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee from San Antonio has been sentenced to two years in prison in connection with a false tax return investigation. Hector Cavazos, 63, was previously indicted on 27 counts of preparing false tax returns on Sept. 4, 2024, according to...
San Antonio protesters voice outrage over ICE slaying of Minneapolis woman Renee Good
About 40 demonstrators gathered at City Hall Wednesday evening to protest the death of Renee Good, the 37-year-old Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in an incident that’s sparked national outrage. During the demonstration organized by the San Antonio chapter of the...
SAPD suspends detective over unauthorized chase before fatal police shooting downtown
SAN ANTONIO – A veteran San Antonio police detective served a 15-day suspension last fall for taking part in an unauthorized chase that ended in a fatal police shooting downtown, discipline records obtained Wednesday by KSAT Investigates show. Det. Joseph Gorena was suspended for policy violations covering vehicle...
S.A. woman sues VIA police, claims excessive force in Whataburger incident
The lawsuit alleges a VIA police officer violently pulled Valerie Elizondo out of her vehicle in 2023, mistakenly thinking she was driving a stolen car.
Marine Veteran’s Suicide at VA Hospital Parking Lot Raises Alarm on Veteran Mental Health...
A 33-year-old former Marine, Enrique Ramos Jr., died by suicide on December 4, 2025, in the parking lot of the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to a 911 call just after 12:45 p.m.; Ramos reportedly told the dispatcher where he was and his intent to take...
Police report filed for dog stolen from ACS facility
SAN ANTONIO – A dog was stolen from a kennel at the Animal Care Services facility, according to a San Antonio police report obtained by KSAT. Authorities said the theft occurred around 11 p.m. Dec. 26 at the West Side center located at 4710 State Highway 151. An animal...
H-E-B opens 120,000-square-foot store near Culebra and Loop 211
SAN ANTONIO - H-E-B officially opened its new Culebra & Texas State Highway 211 store on Wednesday, expanding grocery access for residents on San Antonio’s Far West Side and nearby communities around Medina Lake. The 120,000-square-foot store is designed to serve as a full shopping destination, offering H-E-B’s...
Judson ISD: Construction worker dies at Converse Elementary site; investigation underway
CONVERSE, Texas — A construction worker not employed by Judson ISD has died at a construction site at Converse Elementary School, Judson ISD confirms. The district says the person was employed by a third-party construction company contracted for a project at the school and was not a Judson ISD employee. First...
Teen’s killer sentenced to 30 years in Dollar Store shooting
SAN ANTONIO — The family of an 18-year-old killed last year on the city’s east side says they are finally seeing justice. Terry Johnson was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison for the murder of Demarion Smith, who was shot and killed in a Dollar Tree parking lot in April 2024.
