>> NOW TO MORE ON THOSE EYE OPENING DEPOSITION TAPES REGARDING INDICTED X CONSTABLE
MICHELLE BERRY AND TO SERVE A
LOT IN EARLY 2018 MONTHS AFTER
PRECINCT 2 DEPUTIES. WE HAD THE
CO MORENO AND CHRISTOPHER DE LA
SERNA WERE WARNED THAT THEIR
BOSS WAS TARGETING THEM.
THE VARIANCES
OF ALA FIRED THE DUO ACCUSING
THEM OF FALSIFYING TRAINING OUR
SSO’S TERMINATIONS DID NOT HOLD
UP BEFORE THE COUNTY’S CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE 2
DEPUTIES WERE REINSTATED THAT
SUMMER AS THE NIGHT TEAM’S
DILLON COLLIER REPORTS THEIR
RETURN TO DUTY ON THE COMPOUND,
THEIR PROBLEMS.
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♪ ♪ >> I WAS GIVEN A SHIRT, I WAS
HUMILIATED. EL FORCED TO WEAR
A SHIRT HAD THE
BALE SECURITY ON THERE THERE’S
THERE’S NO SUCH POSITION.
>> HOURS OF EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY
LAST FALL AS PART OF MULTIPLE
CIVIL LAWSUITS, PURITY PAINTED
A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW
MUCH DIFFERENT WORK LIFE WAS
FOR DEPUTIES. CHRISTOPHER DE LA
SERNA AND LEO NEEDS YOUR MONEY,
YOU KNOW
COMPARED TO THE OTHER PRECINCT
2 DEPUTIES, WE JUST WANT TO
PROTECT POLICE OFFICERS AFTER
RETURNING TO DUTY IN THE SUMMER
OF 2018.
THE PAIR TESTIFIED THEY WERE
STRIPPED OF THEIR BATHROOM
BREAKS BARRED FROM USING PATROL
VEHICLES TALKING TO
OTHER DEPUTIES OR EVEN ENTERING
SECURE AREAS OF THE VERY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THEY WORK
FOR. THEY WERE ALSO NOT
REISSUED STUN GUNS, A GLARING
SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THEY WERE
ASSIGNED TO WORK COURT SECURITY
THAT
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT SET YOUR
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AND FOR
ALL.
>> THE RATHER POOL MIGHT USE
YOUR BIKE GOOD VERSUS MY
HANDGUN. SO I THINK THAT JUST
PUT US IN A REALLY BAD PREDICT
A MONTH BUT WORKPLACE DISPUTE
SIMMERING BENEATH THE SURFACE
EXPLODED INTO PUBLIC VIEW IN
2019.
>> WEEKS AFTER MORENO TURNED
AND FORMAL PAPERWORK TO RUN
AGAINST BODY AND TO SPELL AND
THE 2020 ELECTION. HIS FELLOW
DEPUTY SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE
IN ORDERED HIM TO HAND OVER HIS
SERVICE WEAPON AND I SAID
WHAT’S GOING ON AND THEY’RE
LIKE WELL WE’RE HERE TO PICK UP
A GUN.
>> 6 PATROL CARS TO PICK UP
MY GUN AFTER MORENO FILED
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT COMPLAINTS
REGARDING HIS TREATMENT.
>> PRECINCT 2 ADMINISTRATION
WROTE A PAPERWORK CLAIMING HE
LIED IN THOSE COMPLAINTS
ACCUSING HIM OF FELONY PERJURY.
THEN ARRESTED HIM AFTER A
WARRANT WAS SIGNED BY
A JUDGE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE
LATER SHOWED MORNING THOSE
BOOKING WAS DELAYED LONG ENOUGH
TO ENSURE CAMERAS WERE THERE
TO RECORD HIM BEING WALKED INTO
JAIL AND I WAS IN SHACKLES FOR
12 HOURS. I WAS SO UPSET.
>> AN EMBARRASSED DIDN’T.
I GOT THE
OH MY.
>> JUAN MORENO IS CRIMINAL
CHARGE WAS TOSSED OUT THE NEXT
DAY. DE LA SERNA WAS SO CERTAIN
HE TOO WOULD BE ARRESTED
THAT HE SPENT THAT NIGHT NEAR
THE JAIL DROP-OFF THE FAMILY
AND I WENT AND SAT.
>> BUT THE JILL THERE’S A BILL
SPONSORED TO SEE IF THEY CAN TO
CHECK EARLY AT A ONE FOR ME.
MY INTENT WAS TO JUST TURN
MYSELF IN VERSUS FOR COMING TO
THE HOUSE AND KICK MY DOOR AND
DE LA SERNA WAS NEVER CHARGED.
>> IT SEEMED AS THOUGH IT WAS
JUST A LONG PERIOD OF
TRYING TO BRING THEM DOWN TO
THE LOWEST POSSIBLE STARE THAT
THAT THEY COULD BE BROUGHT DOWN
TO SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY
ADJUNCT LAW PROFESSOR DONNA
COLE THARP ANALYZE THE 8 AND A
HALF HOURS OF TAPED DEPOSITIONS
AND SAYS THE TESTIMONY IS SO
STRONG BECAUSE BOTH DEPUTIES
ARE BELIEVABLE I THINK.
>> YOU CAN JUST REALLY SEE
SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
THEIR SELF-IMAGE THEIR IMAGE IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS, A DEPUTY WITH AN OFFICE WAS
RECENTLY ARRESTED FOR
AGGRAVATED PERJURY MORENO CLAIM
THAT HIS CAMPAIGN FOR CONSTABLE
STALLED AFTER HE AND DE LA
SERNA.
>> LITERALLY BECAME POSTER
BOARD MATERIAL FOR BODY INTO
STELLA EVERY TIME SHE HELD A
PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN YOU’VE
BEEN ARRESTED WHEN YOU’VE BEEN.
>> YOU
PUT ALL
SOCIAL MEDIA. YOUR YOUR
PICTURES ARE ON
THE COUNTY.
>> STEPS MORENO SAYS THE
HARASSMENT EXTENDED OUTSIDE OF
WORK. AND EVEN THE PRECINCT TO
CHAIN OF COMMAND, A VOCAL
SUPPORTER
AUDIENCES FELLA INTERRUPTED A
SELF-DEFENSE CLASS FOR WOMEN
HOSTED BY MORENO
AND STARTED STREAMING FOOTAGE
OF THE CLASS ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
>> POSTED ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL SHOULD
BE TEACHING. WOMEN AND ALL THIS
STUFF AS THE DEPOSITIONS CAME
TO A CONCLUSION.
>> EVEN THE ATTORNEY HIRED BY
BEXAR COUNTY TO DEFEND THEIR
INTERESTS EXPRESSED SYMPATHY
FOR WHAT MORENO HAD ENDURED.
>> I KNOW WHO YOU ARE I KNEW
WHO YOU WERE
BEFORE I WAS RETAINED TO DEFEND
THEIR COUNTY IN THIS CASE AND
WHAT I KNEW WAS I DIDN’T LIKE
WHAT I SAW WAS HAPPENING TO
YOU.
>> IT WASN’T ACCEPTABLE LEGAL
TACTIC. ACCORDING TO COLE FAR
AND SO SHE I THINK COULD.
>> DO A LITTLE BIT OF THROWING
BELLA UNDER THE BUS WITH
IMPUNITY BECAUSE SHE WAS
KEEPING HER EYE ON THE BALL FOR
THE DEFENDERS DILLON COLLIER
KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> CIVIL ATTORNEYS FOR
VARIANCES BAYLOR AND THE 2
DEPUTIES DECLINED TO COMMENT
FOR THIS STORY SO FAR THIS YEAR
THE COUNTY IS SETTLED VARIOUS
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE FORMER
CONSTABLE FILED BY MORENO DE LA
SERNA AND A 3RD DEPUTY FOR A
COMBINED