Jury deliberating fate of Barrientes Vela in felony tampering case

A Bexar County jury began deliberations Thursday afternoon in the felony tampering with records case against indicted ex-constable Michelle Barrientes Vela.

, who attempted to poke holes in Freeman’s 2019 investigation into Barrientes Vela’s handling of security records from Rodriguez Park.

During closing arguments Thursday morning, prosecutor Oscar Salinas asked the jury to ignore the “noise” surrounding the high-profile case.“The defendant concealed records after being given a grand jury summons,” said Salinas, who added that Barrientes Vela then made fake documents and provided them to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.

“They set a trap and they didn’t get anything,” said Goss, repeating comments he made during opening arguments last week.

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