{"id":1003197,"date":"2026-08-15T22:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1003197\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:05:14","slug":"records-3-san-antonio-teenagers-connected-to-2-similar-robberies-face-new-indictments-court-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1003197\/","title":{"rendered":"Records: 3 San Antonio teenagers connected to 2 similar robberies face new indictments, court dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Three San Antonio teenagers, who were initially arrested in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/18\/northside-isd-student-assaulted-off-campus-3-suspects-arrested-district-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a May 18 aggravated robbery case<\/a>, were officially indicted Thursday on a similar crime they were accused of committing two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Authorities said both incidents happened 14 days apart \u2014 on May 4 and May 18 \u2014 at the same Circle K convenience store in the 9800 block of Potranco Road, near Stevens High School. Each alleged robbery also had separate teenage victims who happened to be Stevens High School students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Arrest warrants previously obtained by KSAT identified the following three suspects tied to both alleged crimes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Amir Notario, 17<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Omar Timothy John Saenz, 18<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Damian Zertuche, 18<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The May 4 incident<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Two weeks before their May 18 arrests, a police report and arrest warrant obtained by KSAT show Notario, Saenz and Zertuche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/30\/sapd-3-teens-accused-of-robbing-northside-isd-student-connected-to-similar-crime-2-weeks-earlier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">may have been involved with a separate aggravated robbery case.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In the initial police report, the San Antonio Police Department said a 17-year-old Stevens High School student went off campus during his lunch break and walked to the Circle K to get snacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Around 12:45 p.m., the 17-year-old student was approached by the three suspects. The victim told investigators that he used to consider Zertuche a \u201cclose friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the student, Zertuche \u201chad a firearm in his right hand\u201d and was \u201cpointing it towards the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ma need your bag,\u201d Zertuche allegedly told the victim. \u201cGive me everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cJust leave me alone,\u201d the victim told Zertuche, the report states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the warrant, Saenz struck the student in the face with a pistol. The victim told police that Zertuche and Saenz began going through his backpack. The student said Zertuche and Saenz \u201cstole his gold chain, ring, sunglasses, phone charger and wallet\u201d while Notario served as the suspects\u2019 eyes and ears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">When people approached the store, Notario notified Saenz and Zertuche. All three then fled the scene on foot, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The student went back to school before heading home and reporting the incident to police, the warrant states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Court records show Saenz and Zertuche were indicted Thursday on the same three charges: two counts of aggravated robbery (first-degree felony) and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (second-degree felony).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Notario was only indicted on two aggravated robbery charges. On July 15, records show a judge agreed to reduce Notario\u2019s bond and subsequently placed him on house arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Additionally, all three suspects each face engaging in organized criminal activity charges, which is also considered a first-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In a Friday statement to KSAT, the Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office said the teenage suspects are awaiting an indictment on that charge.<\/p>\n<p>The May 18 incident<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Two weeks later, San Antonio police officers were dispatched just after 3:30 p.m. to the same Circle K location. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A Northside Independent School District spokesperson told KSAT at the time that a Stevens High School student was the victim of the off-campus assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to a police report obtained by KSAT, the 18-year-old student was on his way back to campus when Notario, Saenz and Zertuche \u2014 who are former Stevens High School students \u2014 confronted him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cWhat\u2019s up? You\u2019re talking s&#8212;?\u201d Notario told the student, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The student told police he saw one of the three suspects \u201cpull a gun from his waistband and display it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cGive me everything you got,\u201d Notario told the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cI don\u2019t have anything on me,\u201d the student told Notario, according to SAPD.<\/p>\n<p>Three separate law enforcement agencies are investigating what led up to the off-campus assault of a Stevens High School student on Monday, May 18, 2026. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The student told investigators one of the suspects then pistol-whipped him in the face. At some point, police said the suspects stopped the alleged assault and walked away from the student \u201cfor some unknown reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the report, the victim gathered himself and began walking back to campus. Moments later, a friend of the victim saw him, helped him talk to school staff and call SAPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Investigators saw the victim\u2019s nose was swollen \u201ca little,\u201d had a tissue inside a nostril due to \u201cbleeding\u201d and had a swollen lip following the alleged attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAPD, with the assistance of Northside ISD police officers and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), tracked down Notario, Saenz and Zertuche at a nearby apartment complex and took them into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to court records, separate grand juries indicted Notario and Saenz June 30 on two aggravated robbery counts and an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge in connection with the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">As of Friday, the DA\u2019s office said Zertuche is only facing one count of aggravated robbery. He has yet to be indicted on the charge, according to a DA\u2019s office spokesperson. <\/p>\n<p>Another suspect\u2019s mall robbery indictments<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Like Notario and Saenz, Zertuche was also indicted June 30 on an aggravated robbery charge. However, according to court documents, Zertuche\u2019s indictment was connected to one of two robberies a day before his May 18 arrest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAPD detectives said the alleged May 17 robberies happened at two popular San Antonio malls: Ingram Park Mall and North Star Mall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In the first May 17 incident, San Antonio police said officers were dispatched just after 4:30 p.m. to Ingram Park Mall on a robbery-in-progress call. The victim, a 16-year-old boy, told officers that a male \u2014 later identified as Zertuche \u2014 \u201csnatched chains\u201d from around his neck and \u201cpointed a gun at him,\u201d according to an arrest warrant obtained by KSAT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The victim called SAPD after Zertuche fled on foot, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to an SAPD affidavit that detailed the second alleged May 17 robbery, Zertuche approached a 17-year-old boy shopping at North Star Mall and \u201cforcefully removed\u201d a necklace the victim wore. A police report indicates an officer was dispatched just after 5 p.m. to the mall\u2019s Apple Store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Officers said Zertuche also \u201cassaulted\u201d the 17-year-old, brandished a firearm and later fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">After his arrest in connection with the May 18 robbery, documents show Zertuche confessed to committing the North Star Mall robbery to investigators. On May 19, the North Star Mall victim identified Zertuche to police in a photo lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">On June 30, records show a Bexar County grand jury indicted Zertuche in connection with the North Star Mall robbery charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Zertuche was later identified as the suspect connected to the Ingram Park Mall incident by the victim and a witness on May 20, records indicate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to records, Zertuche was indicted Tuesday afternoon on the following three charges connected to the Ingram Park Mall robbery: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Aggravated robbery<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Robbery (second-degree felony)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Theft from a person (state jail felony)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Zertuche\u2019s combined bond for all nine charges across the May 4, May 17 and May 18 alleged incidents was set at $625,000, documents show.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the courtroom <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Eight days after their newest indictments, Notario and Saenz are set to make court appearances next week on their arrests and charges stemming from the May 18 incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Bexar County records indicate the two will both appear before Judge Kristina Escalona Aug. 21 inside the county\u2019s 186th Criminal District Court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">While he is not scheduled to appear in a courtroom this month, documents show Zertuche\u2019s next court appearance in connection with the North Star Mall robbery is set for Sept. 14. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><b>More related coverage of this story on KSAT: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; 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