{"id":469967,"date":"2026-10-18T20:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469967\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:48:11","slug":"san-antonio-attorney-arrested-on-indecency-with-child-charges-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469967\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio attorney arrested on indecency with child charges, records show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio attorney was arrested Friday on two counts of indecency with a child, according to an arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Martin Phipps, 57, faces charges of indecency with a child by exposure and indecency with a child by sexual contact, Bexar County records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to the affidavit, Phipps was nude around two children in his home, a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, and would make them sleep in bed with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The affidavit states Phipps openly watched pornography around the children while in bed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Phipps was also reported to have made inappropriate physical contact with the boy, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The relationship between Phipps and the victims is unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Phipps was previously arrested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/31\/attorney-martin-phipps-arrested-accused-of-family-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/31\/attorney-martin-phipps-arrested-accused-of-family-violence\/\">August 2026<\/a> after a 16-year-old girl living with him accused him of threatening her. He was also arrested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2021\/02\/08\/attorney-leading-bexar-county-opioid-litigation-arrested-charged-with-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2021\/02\/08\/attorney-leading-bexar-county-opioid-litigation-arrested-charged-with-harassment\/\">2021<\/a> after investigators said he harassed a woman to the point that she fled to Mexico in fear for her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Phipps was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center and released on bond Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/10\/16\/records-woman-arrested-on-dwi-charge-after-driving-through-crosswalk-near-elementary-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/10\/16\/records-woman-arrested-on-dwi-charge-after-driving-through-crosswalk-near-elementary-school\/\">Records: Woman arrested on DWI charge after driving through crosswalk near elementary school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio attorney was arrested Friday on two counts of indecency with a child,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1680,146927,82,84,83,632],"class_list":["post-469967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-arrest","tag-martin-phipps","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469967","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=469967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}