{"id":911461,"date":"2026-07-04T06:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/911461\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:36:15","slug":"sapd-3-teens-accused-of-robbing-northside-isd-student-connected-to-similar-crime-2-weeks-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/911461\/","title":{"rendered":"SAPD: 3 teens accused of robbing Northside ISD student connected to similar crime 2 weeks earlier"},"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 arrested in connection <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\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/18\/northside-isd-student-assaulted-off-campus-3-suspects-arrested-district-says\/\">with the robbery of a Northside ISD student<\/a> have also been tied to a similar incident two weeks earlier, according to arrest warrants obtained by KSAT. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Records show the following suspects all remain in custody on multiple charges at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center: <\/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>\u2018You\u2019re talking s&#8212;?\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">San Antonio police officers were dispatched just after 3:30 p.m. on May 18 at a Circle K convenience store in the 9800 block of Potranco Road, near Stevens High School.<\/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 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>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\">According to Bexar County court records, separate grand juries indicted Notario and Saenz Tuesday on aggravated robbery (first-degree felony) and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (second-degree felony) charges in connection with the May 18 incident. <\/p>\n<p>Suspects\u2019 possible connection to similar crime<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A police report and arrest warrant obtained by KSAT show Notario, Saenz and Zertuche may have been involved with a separate aggravated robbery case on May 4 at the same convenience store. <\/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, SAPD said a 17-year-old Stevens High School student went off campus during his lunch break and walked to the Circle K convenience store in the 9800 block of Potranco Road to get snacks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At approximately 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 Notario, Saenz and Zertuche were each charged with aggravated robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity. Both charges are considered first-degree felonies. <\/p>\n<p>One suspect\u2019s alleged connection to multiple mall robberies<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Zertuche was also indicted Tuesday on an aggravated robbery charge, Bexar County court records show. However, the indictment came on an unrelated incident \u2014 one of two separate aggravated robberies he was connected to one 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\">According to an SAPD affidavit that detailed one 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. 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\">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\">In the second May 17 incident, San Antonio police said its 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\">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\">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. To date, Zertuche has not been indicted in connection with the Ingram Park Mall robbery, records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Court records and a Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office spokesperson confirmed Thursday to KSAT that Zertuche has also not been indicted on the May 18 aggravated robbery charge. <\/p>\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 five felony charges (four counts of aggravated robbery and one count of engaging in organized criminal activity) was set at $625,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">During a July 1 hearing, Zertuche\u2019s defense team asked a Bexar County judge to reduce his six-figure bond amount. Court documents show the defense\u2019s request was denied. <\/p>\n<p>In the courtroom<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">All of Notario and Saenz\u2019s cases have been assigned to Judge Kristina Escalona in Bexar County\u2019s 186th Criminal District Court. Zertuche\u2019s five charges will be heard before Judge Frank Castro in Bexar County\u2019s 399th Criminal District Court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">As of Friday, Notario is the lone suspect who is expected to appear in a courtroom later this month. Records show he has a hearing tentatively scheduled for July 20. <\/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\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Three San Antonio teenagers arrested in connection with the robbery of a Northside ISD student&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":911462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,4219,36752,21879,7202,7203,7725,368553,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,8437],"class_list":["post-911461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-crime","tag-dps","tag-northside-isd","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-sapd","tag-stevens-high-school","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-west-side"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116860327502965405","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}