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Rape Crisis Center reacts to Stanford sex assault case
First, there was outrage when a star athlete received a light sentence for a brutal rape. Then Monday, the convicted rapist's father added fuel to the fire when he said his son was punished too harshly for "20 minutes of action." In west San Antonio, the Rape Crisis...
A new rape crisis hotline is serving an unlikely group
Joe Booth, 47, figures he's only alive because one person out of dozens responded to letters he'd written begging for help. Serving time in a state prison near San Diego in 2009 for making a death threat against a man who defrauded his ailing mother, he was...
Young athlete accuses CYO coach of sexual abuse
SAN ANTONIO - The Bexar County Sheriff's Office arrested a coach on allegations he abused a young athlete over the course of several months last year. An agency spokesperson identified the coach as 48-year-old Jeffrey Ramos. Last week Bexar county deputies were called...
“Friends and counselors who believed me…saved my life”
Believing me, and that I wasn't at fault, was too much for my mother. Friends and counselors who believed me, and believed I did nothing to cause it, saved my life. #StartByBelieving Click here to share your experience of being believed or not believed. Click here to...
Community comes together to take a stand against child abuse
SAN ANTONIO - The list of high-profile child abuse cases in South Texas has continued to increase this year. To help end the cycle members of the San Antonio community gathered to shine a light on the growing problem. On April 29, Bexar County deputies found two small...
Q&A with Angela Peña: “Taking action, doing more”
Angela Peña has been an ambassador with The Rape Crisis Center since January 2016. She’s an RN and administrator for Special Kids Care and the Founder and President of Humor for Heroes, a nonprofit that provides a comedic outlet to military members and their...
Fighting & Exposing Human Trafficking
SAN ANTONIO -- The documentary film, "The Cantinera," will be featured on Thursday evening at the Alamo Draft House Park North, as part of a fundraiser for the Heidi Search Center. Executive Director of the Heidi Search Center Dottie Laster was a part of the film...
SAPD officer arrested for sexual assault of a child
Juan Ruiz-Carrillo served for 5 years as an SAPD officer on the streets. Chief William McManus says he was supposed to report to work Monday and called out sick. They were able to arrest him Tuesday. "We have enough probable cause, we had enough evidence to get a...
Using music and poetry to “Take Back the Night” for victims of sexual assault
Over a dozen local organisations gathered together to support victims of sexual violence at this year's annual "Take Back the Night", hosted by San Antonio's Rape Crisis Center on 28 April, 2016. This year was all about college students. Take Back the Night was held...
UTSA holds ‘Take Back the Night’ event to end sexual assault
Sexual assault is something people don't talk about yet it's happening all around. Two to three new cases of sexual assault happen in San Antonio every day. College students between the ages of 18 to 24 is the age group most at risk for sexual violence, which is why...
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