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The state told jurors the complainant, identified in court as Rubiela Contreras Perez, will describe how she and the defendant met while working at the same barbershop and how a May 2024 encounter escalated into what the prosecutor called an ''''assault''' and abduction.' In opening remarks, the prosecutor said Jurors ''''you are gonna hear''' from Contreras Perez about '''all of the hell he put her through.'

Contreras Perez testified through an interpreter that on the night she described to police she was working alone at the barbershop when the defendant entered, locked the door, and became aggressive. She told the jury he struck her, kicked her and later forced her into a car at knifepoint, taking her to his apartment. She testified that during the night he held a blade to her neck and threatened, '''do you want your son to be an orphan?' and that she felt she had no choice but to go with him. She testified she sustained bruises and bleeding and later provided photographs of injuries to detectives.

The prosecutor described the alleged sequence at trial as including confinement, the use of a razor or pocket knife and further violence while the complainant was held. The state told jurors it would present officer testimony and the complainant's statements and ask them to return a guilty verdict.

Defense counsel urged jurors to listen critically. In opening, defense counsel said the case rests on a disputed story and argued the state would not produce the kind of detailed investigation the jury might expect.

The judge instructed jurors on how to rely on interpreter translations and on courtroom evidence. The state called the complainant as its first witness; the court recessed the panel after several hours of testimony and set the trial to continue the following day.

No verdict has been returned. The trial record will include the complainant's testimony, photographs admitted into evidence and the parties' planned witnesses and exhibits.

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Key outcomes

- Christopher Perez: The court accepted a plea and entered deferred adjudication with terms described by the judge as 7 years of community supervision, a $2,000 fine, an affirmative deadly-weapon finding and conditions that include restitution if owed to the complainant, 250 hours of community-service restitution, parenting classes and no contact with the complainant. The judge ordered regular reporting, random UAs, field visits and a 30-day Bexar County condition; proof of employment was required within 45 days.

- Devin Berry: The court accepted a plea to deferred adjudication; the state recommended a three-year supervision term, a $1,500 fine and 120 hours of community service restitution with TAP evaluation and reporting conditions; the court set standard supervision terms and testing requirements.

- Brian Adam Sanchez: The court accepted pleas in two cause numbers and granted deferred adjudication; the cases were ordered to run concurrently. The record includes restitution of $60 to the Bexar County laboratory in one cause, TAP evaluation and MRT, intensive supervision and 150 hours of community-service restitution (which may be satisfied by education or trade-school completion).

- Cameron Scott: The court granted early termination of probation, effective Aug. 8. The court advised the defendant to continue reporting through that date to allow time to notify the complainant and complete outstanding reporting conditions.

- Restitution matter (Mister Carrillo): For a restitution hearing, the state said it could not prove any remaining restitution amount; the court found no restitution was owed and directed that probation be terminated satisfactorily as of that day.

Conditions and common features: Several deferred adjudications included TAP evaluations, random urine analyses, community-service restitution, and no-contact orders. Judges repeatedly warned defendants that the court could impose the full range of punishment if probation was revoked and reiterated that plea bargains carried waiver-of-appeal provisions for most non-preserved pretrial motions.

These dispositions will be reflected in the minute orders and probation records; defendants given deferred adjudication remain under supervision until the specified terms or until the court modifies the orders.

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During a bond-setting hearing, the state offered a witness who said she and Gutierrez had lived together and that incidents of drug use and violence escalated beginning in 2024. The witness, identified in court as Jasmine Timpson, testified that after a January incident in which both she and Gutierrez were arrested she believed Gutierrez tested positive for methamphetamine and cocaine and that Child Protective Services (CPS) had implemented a no-contact directive. She told the court that in June Gutierrez came to her home, she let him in, and later he slashed her tire after she grabbed a gold chain he wore.

The judge queried whether a protective order and the pending assault-family violence charge were in place. After hearing the witness and briefing from both sides, the judge said: '''The court is denying your motion for bond. You will not be given a bond by me.''' The court cited the defendant's existing bond on an assault-family-violence choking charge and the newly alleged violation of a protective order.

Defense counsel asked the court to consider less-restrictive conditions, such as electronic monitoring (GPS) and supervised contact through the grandmother the CPS-appointed supervisor. The judge acknowledged the defense request but reiterated that a bond would not be set at that time because the protective-order violation and the underlying assault charge weighed against release.

No bond was set; the defendant remained in custody. The record reflects testimony about CPS involvement, prior positive drug tests reported by a caseworker, and an allegation of slashed tires as criminal mischief.

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Jury hears opening; victim testifies in alleged kidnapping, assault and sexual assault case against Angel Miguel Cepeda

Roundup: Deferred adjudications, early termination and restitution rulings in Bexar County court session

Judge denies bond for Dorian Xavier Gutierrez after testimony that he violated a protective order