KSAT sports anchor facing DWI charge once voiced outrage over a drinking-and-driving acquittal

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KSAT sports anchor facing DWI charge once voiced outrage over a drinking-and-driving acquittal
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In 1985, while serving as a juror, Simmons publicly expressed his anger about a DWI suspect being allowed to go free. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX GregSimmons CrimeNews

Greg Simmons resigned from his position at KSAT on Monday after being arrested on a DWI charge., expressed outrage in 1985 when a suspect in a separate drinking-and-driving case was acquitted.reporter Timothy Fanning uncovered the decades-old irony, tweeting out an excerpt from anreport on the 1985 DWI trial of Joe Neaves III, the son of former Bexar County Sheriff Joe Neaves.

In the 38-year-old article excerpt shared by Fanning, Simmons — one of six jurors on the Neaves trial — expressed outrage about the suspect being allowed to walk. So get this: I dug through our archives and found that in 1985, Greg Simmons was one of six jurors selected for the DWI trial of Joe Neaves III, the son of the former sheriff.

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