Tag: San Antonio
Dustin Jay Ammons, Explosives Possession, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A masked menace terrorized San Antonio’s financial district in September 2025, attempting to blow up two ATMs at local banks. Surveillance footage showed Dustin Jay Ammons, 44, arriving in a black Ram 3500 pickup truck, wearing skeleton gloves and a hooded jacket, then placing pipe bombs at the ATMs. The explosions,…
Sergio Renato Tapia, Threatening to Murder a Federal Official, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read A federal jury in San Antonio has convicted an Ecuadorian national of threatening to murder a park ranger at the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Sergio Renato Tapia, 31, left a voicemail on July 24, 2023, with a violent threat to murder a National Park Service ranger. Rangers quickly recognized…
Juan Hernandez, Human Smuggling, Texas 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two Mexican nationals have been charged with human smuggling after U.S. Border Patrol agents caught them helping to smuggle 14 people into the U.S. in the El Paso area. Carlos Alberto Cardona and Pedro Anaya-Anaya allegedly agreed to work for a smuggling organization to avoid paying their own smuggling fees. Agents…
Juan R. Gonzalez, Tax Evasion, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A San Antonio man hid over $1 million in income from the IRS for two years, earning him a 37-month stint in federal prison. Juan R. Gonzalez, 52, owned Gonzalez Construction, a residential construction business. Gonzalez used cash, nominee names, and other schemes to conceal his income, earning him $1,030,079.45 in…
Natasha Sheree Banks-Brown, Tax Evasion, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read A San Antonio tax preparer is facing prison time after a federal jury convicted her of filing false tax returns, bilking her clients out of $8 million. Natasha Sheree Banks-Brown, 45, ran ‘Tasha’s Total Tax Service’ from 2016, but behind the scenes, she was cooking the books, stuffing false deductions and…
Joseph Anthony Jimenez, Machine Gun Possession, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 20-year-old San Antonio man is headed to federal prison for firing a machine gun near Lackland Air Force Base in August 2024. Joseph Anthony Jimenez, 20, fired a stolen 9mm pistol equipped with a machinegun conversion device (MCD) into a field on two separate occasions, prompting a military response. Jimenez…
Devin Michael Brady, Human Smuggling, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Smugglers were caught red-handed in Western Texas, where federal prosecutors filed 231 new immigration cases in just a week. From March 27 to April 2, human smugglers and repeat offenders with violent crimes, DWIs, and prior removals were targeted. US citizen Devin Michael Brady was busted on March 27 for allegedly…
Brooklynn Chandler Willy, Ponzi Scheme, Texas 2023
⏱ 3 min read San Antonio financial advisor Brooklynn Chandler Willy, 46, admitted in federal court Thursday to running a classic Ponzi scheme that ripped off investors for at least $2.5 million. Willy, operating Texas Financial Advisory (TFA) and Chandler Capital Holdings, wasn’t building fortunes—she was building a house of cards with other people’s money,…
Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, Kidnapping, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, a repeat deportee, is looking at a possible life sentence after being indicted for kidnapping and holding an undocumented immigrant hostage in San Antonio, Texas. The feds allege Rodriguez-Rivas demanded ransom for the victim’s release. The case blew up after his initial arrest by San Antonio Police on…
Brooklynn Chandler Willy, Ponzi Scheme, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read San Antonio financial advisor Brooklynn Chandler Willy, 46, admitted in federal court Thursday to running a brazen Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of at least $3 million. For years, Willy operated Queen B Advisors LLC, also known as Texas Financial Advisory (TFA), and Chandler Capital Holdings, promising wealth management while…
