Deputy arrested and fired in inmate’s beating

A Bexar County Sheriff ’s deputy was fired and arrested Tuesday in connection with the brutal beating of an inmate inside the county jail. The former deputy, identified as 33-year-old Jean Camacho-Morales, is also accused of record tampering.

At around 4 p.m. Monday, Camacho-Morales said, he found the 44year-old inmate brutally beaten in the shower of one of the living units and immediately called for assistance. However, Sheriff Javier Salazar said surveillance footage contradicts Camacho-Morales’ version of the events.

According to Salazar, the deputy instead waited before helping the inmate and had prior knowledge of the attack. CamachoMorales allegedly turned off the lights in the shower unit in an attempt to conceal the crime from the jail’s cameras and stood by as the victim was beaten by at least six other inmates, Salazar said.