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Amanda Lynn Watkins, 36, was found unresponsive Thursday.

A Cibolo Police Department officer admitted to viewing and saving child pornography after investigators found explict images in his home, officials said.

Officer Christopher Ybarra, 37, is charged with two counts possession of child pornography and one count of obscene wholesale promotion with deviant sex acts.

Ybarra was arrested at 4:40 p.m. Thursday after police were notified of warrants for his arrest in the case, according to Cibolo Police Chief Bryan Hugghins. He posted bonds totaling $75,000 on Friday and was set to be released from the Guadalupe County Jail.

Kayleigh Date, a spokeswoman for the Texas Attorney General’s Office, said the child exploitation unit searched Ybarra’s home and found child porn on a digital storage device. Numerous other items were seized from the residence, she said.

At least one video is known to have been made by Ybarra, who confessed to viewing and saving images of child porn, officials said.

Date said the case is the result of two separate investigations, including one out-of-state and another with the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office.

Ybarra, an 11-year veteran of the force, was placed on leave pending the outcome of an administrative investigation. Hugghins said the department is cooperating with authorities.

“We will continue to hold those within our organization accountable to those high morals and ethical standards and swiftly deal with those who choose to violate those standards,” the chief said in a statement.

Zachary Neuhaus, 27, is facing two counts of continuous trafficking of a child, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

Rausei Andrei Fonseca-Saldivar was smuggling three people, investigators said.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office in news conference Friday warned parents of an uptick of prostitution and sex trafficking cases, adding that it offers public classes to educate the community and children about the disturbing trend.

A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with soliciting a 12-year-old via the social media app Snapchat, according to an affidavit. The man was identified as Andrew Cummings in the affidavit.

A 37-year-old man is in custody after shooting at officers during a foot pursuit in a neighborhood southwest of downtown on Friday, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

A strip club manager was arrested for charges of harmful employment after authorities discovered he has hired a 16-year-old  to work as an entertainer, an arrest affidavit said.

A former employee at a Converse children's shelter was charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old child, an arrest affidavit said.

The Bexar County Medical's Examiner's Office has identified the 10-year-old girl who died Thursday after she was struck by a vehicle while riding her bike to school Thursday as Irie Suarez.

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