WATCH LIVE: Judge to sentence former constable Michelle Barrientes Vela
Former Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation, 90 days in jail and 600 hours of community service.The sentencing of convicted ex-Bexar County constable Michelle Barrientes Vela resumed Wednesday, as her defense team was expected to call its final witnesses. Closing arguments are expected on Wednesday morning, and a sentence is expected in the afternoon.
James later hired Barrientes Vela as an officer with the Somerset Police Department, before she then hired him in a training capacity at Precinct 2 after she took office in 2017. After the prosecution informed James that Pct. 2′s entire traffic unit was called to the scene, James said the San Antonio Police Department should have handled the call and that if it had been his son accused of shoplifting, he would have stayed out of it.James also seemed confused about key events during Barrientes Vela’s time in office and repeatedly apologized to the court for appearing to sound condescending.
Prosecutor Oscar Salinas then had James attempt to read text messages sent by Barrientes Vela, which contradicted his previous statements about her involvement in investigating Moreno for filing a false Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint.in connection to the complaint, but prosecutors dismissed the charge within hours of Moreno’s arrest.
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