{"id":415528,"date":"2026-08-24T18:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415528\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:38:38","slug":"woman-declines-to-move-forward-with-family-violence-case-against-san-antonio-park-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415528\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman declines to move forward with family violence case against San Antonio Park Police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A San Antonio Park Police officer\u2019s family violence charge was dismissed in mid-July \u2014 less than three months after he was arrested by Bexar County sheriff\u2019s deputies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Rolando Lopez Jr., 36, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/29\/san-antonio-park-police-officer-arrested-after-assaulting-woman-bcso-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/29\/san-antonio-park-police-officer-arrested-after-assaulting-woman-bcso-says\/\">originally taken into custody while off-duty April 28<\/a> and accused of injury assault to a family member. The charge was considered a Class A misdemeanor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Lopez was released on bond approximately eight hours after the arrest, jail records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to a Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office report obtained by KSAT one day after the arrest, deputies responded to a domestic violence incident involving Lopez and a woman in the 4700 block of Sahara Valleys, which is located near the Interstate 37-Loop 410 interchange. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The woman told deputies she and Lopez were arguing in a vehicle stopped at a traffic light when Lopez allegedly hit her in her face. She called 911 shortly after. <\/p>\n<p>Why the case was dismissed <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Bexar County court records show Lopez\u2019s family violence charge was officially dismissed July 17. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In a Monday statement to KSAT, a Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office spokesperson said the case was closed \u201cat the request of the victim (complainant), who chose not to proceed with the charges.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cWithout her testimony, we (the DA\u2019s office) were unable to move forward with prosecution,\u201d the spokesperson continued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">When SAPD announced the April arrest, the department said Lopez, a eight-year veteran of San Antonio Park Police, was placed on administrative duty while it conducted \u201can administrative investigation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KSAT asked SAPD for an update Monday on Lopez\u2019s current status with the department \u2014 whether or not he remains on administrative duty, was reinstated to his typical park police duties or if he was experiencing a different fate. This story will be updated with the department\u2019s response. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Lopez was the fourth SAPD officer arrested this year, according to a KSAT Investigates analysis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More coverage of this story on KSAT: <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A San Antonio Park Police officer\u2019s family violence charge was dismissed in mid-July \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4755,12940,815,82,84,83,56969,632],"class_list":["post-415528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bcso","tag-bexar-county-district-attorneys-office","tag-courts","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-park-police","tag-sapd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}