A man in South Texas was arrested on multiple charges after allegedly threatening and endangering his mother’s life to force her to give him money and then throwing an acid-like substance at responding law enforcement officers.
According to reports, last weekend, a 38-year-old man went to his mother’s apartment in San Antonio without an invitation, and reportedly illegally entered. He allegedly wanted the 73-year-old woman to withdraw money from the ATM and give it to him. He reportedly tried coercing her using threats to light her on fire, in addition to telling her he would crash the car and end both their lives. It was reported that she was able to jump out of the moving vehicle, and the man’s father notified the authorities.
When alerting the San Antonio Police Department about the situation, the reportedly concerned dad informed them that he believed his son planned to attack the officers with nitric oxide when they arrived. When law enforcement went to the apartment to investigate, they were allegedly exposed to a substance that sizzled when it landed on the ground. He allegedly followed up by throwing a Molotov cocktail in their direction before locking himself in a different apartment.
Shortly after, the police were able to detain the suspect. He was taken into custody and booked into the Bexar County Jail. He is facing multiple preliminary charges, including felony injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to cause bodily injury, felony aggravated assault against a public servant, felony assault against a family or household member (with a previous conviction), and felony obstruction or retaliation. The man, who was also charged with injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent in September 2024, was being held without bail at the time this was written.
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