APPROVED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT COULD LEAD TO THE REOPENING OF THE COUNTY’S
MASS VACCINATION SITE AT
WONDERLAND MALL.
>> NEW DETAILS TONIGHT, THEY
ARE THE 2 DEPUTIES AT THE
CENTER OF THE PUBLIC CORRUPTION
CASE AGAINST INDICTED X
CONSTABLE MICHELLE BODY IN
THIS VILLA. THEY WERE ALSO PAID
OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS TO SETTLE LAWSUITS
AGAINST HER AND BEXAR COUNTY IT
TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THEIR OWN WORDS, CHRISTOPHER DE
LA SERNA AND LEANNE THE
SEAL MARINO DESCRIBE THE TREATMENT THEY ENDURED DURING HER ROCKY 33 MONTHS IN POWER.
THE 9 TEAM’S DILLON COLLIER
ON MORE ON WHAT THEIR CIVIL DIP
DEPOSITIONS REVEAL.
>> FOR NOW THE BREAKTHROUGH THIS IS TAKING ON ONE OF THE DECISION PROCESS WOULD YOU
STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
>> THE ONLY STILL BE MORE THAN
ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THIS
DOWNTOWN BUILDING LAST
SEPTEMBER OVER THE COURSE OF 8
AND A HALF HOURS
BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCT 2
DEPUTIES LEONI SEAL MORENO AND
CHRISTOPHER DE LA SERNA LAID
OUT HOW IT ALL WENT SO TERRIBLY
WRONG. THE CONDITIONS ARE
REALLY BAD.
THE 2 LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERANS
WERE PART OF CONSTABLE MICHELLE
BODY INTO STELLA’S ORIGINAL
COMMAND STAFF WHEN SHE TOOK
OFFICE IN 2017.
BOTH CLAIM HER BEHAVIOR QUICKLY
BECAME ERRATIC.
DESCRIBING HER AS A LEADER WHO
DIDN’T WORK WELL WITH OTHER
AGENCIES.
ALSO SET HER SIGHTS ON HER
OWN DEPUTIES AT ONE POINT
ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A BICYCLE
UNIT TO WEED OUT OLDER HEAVIER
EMPLOYEES SHE DIDN’T LIKE.
>> AND SHE WANTED TO DO THIS.
BY COPS COOL STUFF AND THEY
CAN’T PASS IT THEN WE’RE GOING
TO BE TERMINATED.
>> DID YOU NEED A BICYCLE UNIT
IN EUROPE IN FOR THE
CONSTABLE’S OFFICE NEVER HAVE
WON
THE PAST.
>> 1718 YEARS, THE IDEA FIZZLED
BEFORE THE UNIT OFFICIALLY FORM
OR YOU WEAR OF HER ATTEMPTS TO.
>> CREATE THAT UNIT AND WHY
THAT MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC
FOR HER AND NO WE’RE NOT AWARE
THAT WILL ADDRESS ALL
ALLEGATIONS AT TRIAL AUDIENCES
FELLOWS CRIMINAL ATTORNEY
NICO LAHOOD.
>> SAID LAST MONTH HIS OFFICE
WAS AWARE OF THE DEPOSITION
TAPES BUT WAS STILL LOOKING
INTO WHAT THEY CONTAINED.
>> LABELING SOME OF THE
DEPUTIES CLAIMS
AS POSSIBLY OPPORTUNISTIC SAINT
MARY’S UNIVERSITY ADJUNCT LAW
PROFESSOR DONALD COLTHORP WHO
REVIEWED THE TESTIMONY FOOTAGE,
CAUTION THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS 2
SIDES TO EVERY STORY THAT.
>> THE DEPOSITION STANDING BY
THEMSELVES ARE COMPELLING.
I THOUGHT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY
WAS QUITE MOVING INTO
A TIE.
>> MORENO AND DE LA SERNA
TESTIFIED THAT THINGS GOT
SIDEWAYS FOR THEM
PROFESSIONALLY DURING A WORK
TRIP TO GALVESTON IN LATE JULY
2017.
THE INFAMOUS HOT TUB INCIDENT
AT THE SAN LUIS RESORT
PLAYED A KEY PART IN BOTH OF
THEIR DEPOSITIONS AFTER THEIR
GROUP HAD BEEN DRINKING IN THE
POOL AREA MORENO TESTIFIED BODY
INTO STELLA APPROACHED HIM
WHILE HE TALKED TO ANOTHER
WOMAN.
>> SHE CAME UP TO ME TO PUT HER
ARMS AROUND ME. AND SAY HEY
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS IS MY
HAS BEEN LEGAL
FOR CONNOR ALL A LOT GOING ON
YOU KNOW I I WAS TELLING YOU
YOU’RE NOT MY BUT YOU KNOW, I’M
NOT
YOUR HUSBAND. I SAID YOU NEED
TO STEP BACK ONE POINT LEAL
PUSHES HER WITH HIS FOOT.
YOU KNOW HE SLIDES OR WHEN THEY
COULD YOU DO AND GET AWAY SHE
KIND OF STANDS UP. THIS DON’T
DON’T BE TOUCHING ME. HE DOES
WHAT HE’S ONLY TOUCHING TO ME I
THINK YOU REMEMBER.
MENTION THE CHRIS I CAN’T
BELIEVE WHAT TRANSPIRED.
>> HOW MANY YEARS THAT WE’VE
BEEN MARRIED. 25 YEARS 25 OR SO
GOING ON MORE THEY LOOK CERTAIN
TESTIFIED HE AND MORENO WERE
ALSO INSTRUCTED BY BODY
INTO STELLA.
>> TO LIE TO HER HUSBAND ABOUT
WHERE THEY STAYED IN WHAT HAD
TAKEN PLACE. BOTH DEPUTIES
CLAIM THEY QUICKLY
BECAME OUTCASTS A PRECARIOUS
POSITION CONFIRMED TO THEM BY A
FORMER MEMBER OF THEIR COMMAND
STAFF WHO TOLD THE DUO AFTER
THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON IN 2017.
THAT BODY AND HIS FELLOW WAS
TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
TERMINATE THEM. SHE CALLED ME
TO TELL ME.
>> HEY I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON, BUT YOU WANT REAL.
NOT JUST HAVE TO WATCH YOUR
BACKS. SHE WANTS ALL GONE
CIANCIA FIRE.
>> FOR THE DEFENDERS DILLON
COLLIER KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> THESE DEPOSITIONS WERE
PART OF MULTIPLE CIVIL LAWSUITS
AGAINST BODY AT THIS PANEL OF
THE COUNTY SETTLED WITH MORENO
AND A LESS SORT OF THE SUMMER.
THE DEPUTIES WERE GIVEN A
COMBINED
$347,000. BUT AGAIN THIS BILL
AS CRIMINAL TRIAL IS SCHEDULED
TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THIS
MONTH, ALTHOUGH THAT WILL
LIKELY BE PUSHED BACK BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC
TOMORROW ON THE NIGHT BEAT THE
SINGLE BIGGEST EVENT THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO HER DOWNFALL.
THE PUBLIC ARREST OF LEONI CO
MORENO AND HOW THE CASE AGAINST
HIM QUICKLY FELL APART