SAN ANTONIO – A federal jury has found Bexar County liable for violating a Houston man’s Fourth Amendment rights after a 2022 traffic stop on Interstate 35 that court records show was initiated using license plate surveillance data.
The jury awarded Alek Schott $76 on Sept. 28 — one dollar for each minute he was detained on the side of the road.
Schott, a Houston-area businessman in his mid-thirties, was driving north on I-35 through Bexar County on March 16, 2022, returning home after a work trip to Carrizo Springs. He works for his father’s company, RMS Controls, which sells specialized products to oil and gas pipeline operations across South Texas…