BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been indicted over a year after his arrest for leaving his 2-month-old baby inside a vehicle alone for approximately three hours, according to online court records.
Antonio Almaraz, 32, was indicted on Dec. 17 on a charge of injury to a child SBI reckless, a second-degree felony, records show.
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Almaraz had been awaiting indictment since his arrest on Sept. 19, 2023. Records show that he posted bond the day he was arrested.
Alamaraz gave BCSO conflicting statements about what happened on the morning of Sept. 18.
BCSO said Almaraz took his baby to a pediatric appointment at 9 a.m. and returned home after 10 a.m.
He turned off his vehicle and left his child inside the car as he went inside the home, BCSO said. At around 1 p.m., the baby was found inside the vehicle and was unresponsive.
BCSO said an ambulance arrived at the home in the 5000 block of Mansions Bluff and transported the baby to the hospital, where the baby is still in critical condition.
A trial date for Alamaraz has not been set.