NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT WE FOUND POSTED ON THE DOOR OF THAT BUILDING. PLUS, NEW VIDEO THAT
RESIDENTS ARE SHARING WITH US.
BUT FIRST.
WE BEGIN WITH WHAT SOME ARE
CALLING A TROUBLING TREND
THAT’S DEVELOPED WITHIN THE
BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FELONY CASES,
SOME OF THEM HIGH PROFILE LIKE
THE ANDRE MCDONALD CASE FACING
ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO HOW
EVIDENCE IS HANDLED. YEAH.
AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY CASE
IN QUESTION THE MURDER OF A
BELOVED H E B EMPLOYEE. ANOTHER
INSTANCE WHERE ISSUES AROSE.
>> IN THIS DEFENDERS REPORT,
THE 9 TEAM’S DILLON COLLIER
ATTEMPTS TO GET TO THE ROOT OF
THE PROBLEM.
IN LATE OCTOBER, MORE THAN 2
YEARS AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH
HIS WIFE’S DISAPPEARANCE
AND DEATH.
>> ANDRE MCDONALD SAT IN BEXAR
COUNTY COURT LEE IN YET ANOTHER
EFFORT TO GET HIS BOND REDUCED.
YOU ARE LIKE PROSECUTORS IN
THE CASE ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAD
JUST RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE
OF AN ENTIRE SHARE DRIVE OF
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE HANDED OVER
BY THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE DESCRIBED AS UP TO
100,000 ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO
BE REVIEWED. THE VISITING JUDGE
RAYMOND ANGELINI DID NOT APPEAR
14 TURN OVER EVERYTHING YOU CAN
READ AFTER THE STATE BLAMED A
LITANY OF PROBLEMS INCLUDING
COVID WITHIN THEIR STAFF IN THE
LEAD. DETECTIVE GOING ON LEAVE
WITH A SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUE.
MCDONALD’S BOND WAS CUT DOWN
BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS. HE WAS RELEASED FROM
JAIL ON BOND A FEW WEEKS LATER.
>> HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY JOHN
CONVERY SUMMED UP THE CURRENT
STATUS OF THE CASE. YOU HEARD
KIND OF THE FINGER POINTING
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE
SHERIFF.
>> AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE. IT’S REALLY A MESS AND
IT’S HAPPENED ELSEWHERE.
JUST LAST MONTH, A MISTRIAL WAS
DECLARED IN THE CAPITAL MURDER
CASE OF RC CURTIS.
>> EVEN THOUGH CURTIS IS
ACCUSED OF KILLING A RELATIVE
MORE THAN 6 YEARS AGO, THE
PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE LEARNED
OF ADDITIONAL DVDS OF EVIDENCE
GATHERED BY POLICE ONLY AFTER
THE TRIAL WAS UNDERWAY LIKE
MCDONALD CURTIS WAS RELEASED
FROM CUSTODY FOLLOWING A BOND
REDUCTION. CRIMINAL DEFENSE
ATTORNEY STEPHEN GILMORE WAS
RECENTLY ABLE TO GET 2 FELONY
CHARGES AGAINST ONE OF HIS
CLIENTS DISMISSED. NEITHER CASE
ON PAPER. LOOK VERY GOOD FOR
THE DEFENSE. AND WHILE SOME
WOULD CELEBRATE, MOVE ON,
GILMORE INSTEAD IS SOUNDING
THE ALARM POINTING OUT THAT
BOTH CASES HAD VIDEO EVIDENCE
ISSUES.
>> INCLUDING EVADING ARREST
ALLEGATION WITH NO DASHBOARD
CAMERA FOOTAGE, SAN ANTONIO
POLICE CAN SEE THE VIDEO WAS
INAPPROPRIATELY TAG BY OFFICERS
OR DOWNLOADED BY PROSECUTORS
BEFORE IT WAS PERCHED ON
INNOVATING CASE WHERE THE WHOLE
THING IS A TRAFFIC INCIDENT.
>> I NEED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE
GONZALES THIS MONTH FILED FOR
REELECTION WAS NOT MADE
AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW FOR
THIS STORY. IN A STATEMENT HIS
OFFICE TOLD US THERE IS A
TREMENDOUS AND INCREASING
VOLUME OF VIDEO EVIDENCE
SUBMITTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
OUR OFFICE EVERY YEAR.
OCCASIONALLY TECHNOLOGY OR
PROCESS ISSUES BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OUR
OFFICE PREVENT VIDEO EVIDENCE
FROM BEING FILED WITH THE CASE.
THE DA’S OFFICE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TAKE THIS
SERIOUSLY AND ARE WORKING
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
GONZALES IS OFFICE AS OF LATE
LAST MONTH, WAS STILL REVIEWING
FOR THE SECOND TIME.
>> THE 2019 CASE OF AN SAPD
SERGEANT WHO SHOT AND KILLED
A WOMAN WHILE CARRYING A
REPLICA NEWSY BB GUN AFTER A
BRIEF CLIP OF BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE SURFACED WHILE THE DA
CLAIMED PUBLICLY THAT HIS
OFFICE WASN’T PROVIDED A COPY
OF THE 18 0ND CLIP, SAPD
SOURCES SAY THAT DOESN’T TELL
THE WHOLE STORY AND THAT
PROSECUTORS HAD ACCESS TO IT
SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE LAPSES IN COMMUNICATION.
GILMORE SAYS MUST BE FIXED.
BUT THE IDEA THAT WE’VE GOT
WE’VE GOT TOO MANY CASES.
YOU’VE GOT KIND OF A BREAK.
THAT’S THAT’S NONSENSE FOR THE
DEFENDERS. DILLON COLLIER,
KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE OFFICIALS DID NOT
RESPOND TO REPEATED REQUESTS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
MCDONALD CASE. EVIDENCE A NEW
STATE LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT
EARLIER THIS YEAR COULD
ACTUALLY HELP IN THE LONG RUN
SENATE BILL. ONE 11 REQUIRES
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO
CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT THEY