San Antonio authorities arrested a 28-year-old man after witnesses say he grabbed a woman by the hair and threw her to the ground while she was holding her three-month-old baby at a gas station in northeast Bexar County early Saturday morning. Bystanders described the woman as visibly and extremely shaken and said the suspect took off before deputies arrived. It was not immediately clear whether the infant was injured. Deputies later located the suspect and took him into custody, as per News 4 San Antonio.
According to News 4 San Antonio, the confrontation started as a verbal argument in the 16500 block of Shepherd Road. Eyewitnesses identified the suspect as 28-year-old Juan Cisneros and told deputies they saw him grab the woman by the hair and throw her to the ground while she still clutched the baby.
Authorities say Cisneros fled the scene in a gray Ford Fusion before deputies arrived. He was later found, arrested and booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center. Cisneros faces charges of assault family violence and abandoning or endangering a child, according to booking details published by Yahoo News, which cites the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.
Charges and legal exposure
Under Texas law, abandoning or endangering a child can be charged as a state-jail or third-degree felony and may be elevated to a second-degree felony when the conduct places a child in imminent danger, according to the Texas Penal Code. Family-violence allegations can also affect how prosecutors and judges handle pretrial matters and bond in local courts, as outlined in court guidance on crimes related to family violence.
