SAN ANTONIO — A new arrest has been made in a child custody exchange that turned violent on San Antonio’s east side.
The man accused of stabbing the children’s father, identified in court records as Abel Ali Rivas, was arrested Monday and is now facing a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The children’s mother, Melanie Sierra Gomez, had already been arrested in the case.
According to the arrest affidavit, the victim, Oscar Javier Barbosa, went to the location on Feb. 19 to pick up his two children, whom he shares with Gomez. Barbosa told police he was instructed to go inside to get the children, then was told to head back outside…