SAN ANTONIO — A 26-year-old woman has been arrested for threatening a witness in the deadly dog attack that left an elderly man dead and three others injured, according to an affidavit.
The affidavit says Destiny Marie Cardona is the sister of Abilene Schnieder, who was also arrested in the deadly attack. On March 3, Cardona and two other people inside of a car were yelling at the victim, who is a neighbor of the suspects arrested and charged for the deadly dog attack, according to the affidavit.
The victim said Cardona started speaking a mixture of English and Spanish and reportedly called her a slur, threatened to kill her son and kill her. The affidavit says that Cardona was making the threats in reference to the victim acting as a witness of the attacks.
“They were violent verbal threats. Once again we take all cases of retaliation seriously, especially following this tragic incident," Lt. Michelle Ramos of the San Antonio Police Department told KENS 5.
On February 24, two American Staffordshire terriers were put down after they mauled an elderly man to death and injured three other people including a first responder on San Antonio's west-side.
San Antonio Fire Department crews responding to the scene observed the man "being dragged by a dog (and) completely bloody before they got off the fire truck," Chief Charles Hood said.
Christian Alexander Moreno, 31, was arrested by police and charged with attack by dangerous dog causing death and injury to an elderly person, according to a San Antonio Police Department Facebook post. Both are felony charges.
His wife, Abilene Schnieder, was also arrested and charged with injury to an elderly individual.
Cardona was arrested and charged with retaliation. Defense attorney Nico LaHood, former Bexar County DA says the offense is a felony with a punishment between 2 to 10 years in prison or 10 years of community supervision.
"If someone threatens harm or actually does harm to someone within the statute, which is either a public servant, witness, potential witness or informant, then that qualifies as retaliation," LaHood said.
According to court records, Cardona bonded out of jail Friday after her bond was set at $25,000.