Trial begins for two former San Antonio PD officers accused of duping women into sex

CaptionCloseBCSO Deputy Juan V. Medrano was arrested Aug. 6, 2015, on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.READ MORE: Bexar County deputy arrested on DWI charge in Medina County BCSO Deputy Juan V. Medrano was arrested Aug. 6, 2015, on a...

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Trial begins for two former San Antonio PD officers accused of duping women into sex

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BCSO Deputy Juan V. Medrano was arrested Aug. 6, 2015, on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.


READ MORE: Bexar County deputy arrested on DWI charge in Medina County 

BCSO Deputy Juan V. Medrano was arrested Aug. 6, 2015, on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.


READ MORE: Bexar County deputy arrested on DWI charge in Medina County 

David J. Ramos: The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is conducting an internal investigation after San Antonio police arrested the 28-year-old Bexar County detention deputy on May 31, 2015 for allegedly damaging his ex-girlfriend's car. Ramos has been charged with criminal mischief $50-500, a Class B misdemeanor, and released from Bexar County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Read more: Bexar County sheriff's deputy arrested for allegedly breaking ex-girlfriend's car mirror

David J. Ramos: The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is conducting an internal investigation after San Antonio police arrested the 28-year-old Bexar County detention deputy on May 31, 2015 for allegedly

Daniel Lopez: The 42-year-old San Antonio police officer was arrested on July 4, 2013 and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of deadly conduct following a short standoff at his house in the 100 block of Whitecliff. Lopez allegedly pointed a gun at his wife.

Read more: San Antonio police officer accused of pulling gun on wife, sparking standoff fired 

Daniel Lopez: The 42-year-old San Antonio police officer was arrested on July 4, 2013 and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of deadly conduct following a short standoff at

David Nieto: The three-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department, was suspended for 30 days without pay effective May 27, 2015, after he was arrested May 5 and May 13 on two separate theft-related charges.

Read more: San Antonio officer faces second theft-related charge

David Nieto: The three-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department, was suspended for 30 days without pay effective May 27, 2015, after he was arrested May 5 and May 13 on two separate theft-related

Testimony is expected to begin Tuesday in the trial of two former San Antonio Police Department officers who are charged with compelling prostitution after four women complained that they were duped into having sex with the officers.

Alejandro Chapa and Emmanuel Galindo were arrested Sept. 24, 2015 after a three-month investigation. Authorities charge they impersonated members of the department’s vice unit and recruited the women for a phony sting operation.

Chapa, 29, and Galindo, 31, both are out on bond. Compelling prostitution is a second-degree felony. If convicted, each man faces two to 20 years in prison.

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The investigation began when one of the women reported to Live Oak police that she had been sexually assaulted by an SAPD officer.

“It was evident something was going on when we started talking to the victims,” Live Oak Police Chief Ken Evans said at the time. “In no way did they know they were getting involved in prostitution.”

Aaron Alford, a third SAPD officer, was arrested and fired along with Chapa and Galindo. Alford was charged with official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor.

An arrest warrant affidavit said Alford referred one woman to Chapa and Galindo and told her she could make up to $5,000 per day if she worked as a police informant.

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The affidavit states that the woman was given a contact number to call, and met with a man later identified as Galindo, who told the woman she needed to perform a series of tests, which included drinking beer, standing blindfolded in a bikini, dancing, “twerking,” performing a lap dance on Galindo, kissing him, getting naked and streaking across the living room, and eventually having sexual intercourse.

Another affidavit described a separate incident in which the officers offered money to a manager of a downtown bar to recruit women. It said the manager participated in a fake scenario set up by the officers to train the women on doing undercover work.

The trial is being heard in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Steven C. Hilbig.

This report contains material from Express-News archives.

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