KENDALL COUNTY, Texas – A San Antonio police officer fired last year after he was indicted in Kendall County on several child abuse charges has avoided jail time in the case as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
Adam Franklin-Alonso, 30, pleaded guilty last month to a single misdemeanor count of assault causing bodily injury – family violence, a plea agreement obtained by KSAT Investigates shows.
He will serve one year of probation and must attend parenting classes, pay $612 in restitution and $355 in court costs.
Franklin-Alonso will be permitted to have visitation with the victims upon completion of parenting classes, a prosecutor associated with the case told KSAT.
The affirmative finding of family violence, however, affects his right to own or purchase a firearm and will likely impact his child custody in any divorce proceedings, according to the prosecutor.
Franklin-Alonso was indicted by a grand jury last February on three felony charges of injury to a child, in connection with incidents stretching from the summer of 2018 to January 2022.
Franklin-Alonso was fired by SAPD in June, months after the department became aware of the allegations in Kendall County.
He has appealed his termination to a third-party arbitrator.
San Antonio city officials on Thursday did not respond to an inquiry asking if a date for arbitration has been set.
The officer had worked for SAPD since September 2019, city records show.
Franklin-Alonso’s termination paperwork detailed nine incidents involving possible abuse of children, all under the age of 6:
Indictment paperwork for Franklin-Alonso detailed a tenth incident in early January 2022 in which he was accused of pulling the ear of a child, causing injury.
Franklin-Alonso’s criminal defense attorney did not return a phone call seeking comment this week.
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