Evidence Suppressed, Charges Dropped

San Antonio News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 27, 2026 · 1m

A former San Antonio cop faced 39 serious charges, but they all vanished thanks to a brilliant legal move: his lawyer proved the evidence was illegally obtained. The whole mess started when his ex-fiancée stole his phone, handed it to cops, and they searched it without a warrant—thinking it was “community property” because they wrongly believed the couple was common-law married. The court ruled the phone was stolen property, and the search violated Martin’s Fourth Amendment rights. With key evidence suppressed, prosecutors had no choice but to drop the case—sealed by the law’s own rules…