SAN ANTONIO – After being charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, crimes that were allegedly committed in 1999, Robert F. Acosta, 36, proclaimed his innocence Wednesday as he was led away in handcuffs. After watching the news reports,...
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,...
Three sexual assault cases recently linked by police through DNA were committed by an offender who exhibits violent tendencies, a local criminologist said. The assaults, which occurred over a 17-month period, involved a girl abducted off a street and two women who...
Alleged misuse of authority has resulted in two separate arrests in less than a month involving a juvenile detention officer and a school teacher. The alleged victims are a female inmate and a student, both 16. “There’s this belief that they have some form of power...
