A 31-year-old woman wanted since late June has been arrested and booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center, accused of helping rob two New York Knicks fans at knifepoint on a downtown San Antonio street hours after the team's NBA Finals-clinching win. San Antonio police took Angel Jacinta Hernandez into custody just after midnight Thursday, making her the second person arrested in the case.
According to KSAT, Hernandez and several other people approached two people wearing Knicks clothing in the 600 block of Market Street on June 14, 2026, the night the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Finals. Per the outlet's reporting, Hernandez and her group assaulted the pair and robbed them of their merchandise, with Hernandez allegedly holding a knife during the confrontation and demanding the fans surrender their clothing.
The two victims later selected Hernandez in a lineup of potential suspect photos, and an arrest affidavit reported her alleged involvement in the assault and robbery. Jail records show Hernandez's bond was set at $172,500. She faces two counts of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, along with a charge described by police as failure to identify — refusing or giving false information, a Class B misdemeanor.
Victims Photographed the Getaway Vehicle
Additional details from arrest affidavits, reported by the San Antonio Express-News, identify the victims as a 31-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman visiting from New York who were walking in the 600 block of Market Street around 2:18 a.m. when four suspects accosted them. The paper's reporting notes the assaulted pair photographed the suspects' vehicle before the group fled, and that image helped San Antonio police narrow down potential suspects.
Hernandez had been wanted since June 29, 2026, the same day a lineup was shown to the victims. She was not the first person arrested in the case. Co-defendant Abcdee Rodriguez, 30, was arrested weeks earlier on the same aggravated robbery charges and, according to KSAT's earlier coverage, posted a $200,000 bond shortly after her June 25 arrest. Rodriguez has been described as a member of Hernandez's group. It remains an open question whether San Antonio police have identified or issued warrants for the other two accomplices believed to have taken part in the Market Street robbery, per the Express-News.
Part of a Wider Pattern of Post-Game Violence
San Antonio Crime Stoppers had circulated wanted notices for Hernandez and offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to felony arrests in the case, KSAT reported. The Market Street robbery was one of several confrontations targeting visiting fans in downtown San Antonio after Game 5. KSAT has also reported on a separate, unprovoked assault outside Hotel Valencia Riverwalk the same night that left a 62-year-old New Jersey fan with a brain bleed and facial injuries — an incident involving a different group of assailants than the one accused of robbing the two Knicks fans on Market Street.
Tension between the host city and traveling Knicks supporters had been building even before the final buzzer. KENS 5 reported that San Antonio police arrested a local man hours before Game 5 for allegedly sending online threatening messages targeting visiting Knicks fans planning to attend the game at Frost Bank Center. Hostility wasn't confined to San Antonio, either — the Express-News reported hecklers threw eggs at Spurs star Victor Wembanyama outside the team's hotel in New York following Game 4, showing friction flared in both host cities during the five-game series.
What Hernandez and Rodriguez Are Facing
Under Texas Penal Code Section 29.03, aggravated robbery committed with a deadly weapon such as a knife is a first-degree felony punishable by 5 to 99 years or life in prison, along with fines up to $10,000, according to legal reference materials from Saputo Toufexis. Because it's classified as a “3g offense” in Texas, judges cannot grant probation following a trial conviction. The failure-to-identify charge Hernandez faces separately, under Penal Code Section 38.02, carries a maximum of 180 days in county jail and a $2,000 fine.
The Knicks' Game 5 win over the Spurs ended a 53-year championship drought for the franchise, its first title since 1973, and drew thousands of out-of-town supporters into downtown San Antonio streets, as Hoodline reported at the time in coverage of Queens' Knicks celebrations. San Antonio's overall violent crime rate sat about 65 percent above the national average in 2024 federal data, even after a 14 percent year-over-year decline, according to figures compiled by Evolution Moving Company — context that underscores the backdrop against which the downtown assaults on visiting fans unfolded.
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