Jason Santos kidnapping case: the August booking behind September’s reporting

An August arrest, reported in September

A recent news account of an alleged kidnapping near St. Mary’s Strip concerns an August booking, not a new September arrest. Bexar County Mugshots checked the county entry for Jason Shea Santos Jr. on September 29 and confirmed an August 5, 2026 booking under B202631615.

The entry lists aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon, an August 5 arrest by the San Antonio Police Department and an August 7 release. The charge’s jail-record disposition is Released on Bond. The booking date and charge match the record and photograph already in our archive.

County booking and release timeline ↗

The allegation and Santos’s response

KSAT’s September report described a woman’s allegation that Santos forced her into a vehicle with a gun after she rejected his attention. The station attributed the account to an SAPD report. According to that coverage, a friend contacted police and officers found the parked vehicle.

KSAT also reported Santos’s denial that he pointed a gun at the woman and his claim that they knew each other. The woman told police they had not met before. Those conflicting accounts are allegations and statements recorded in the reporting, not findings made by this publication.

KSAT’s account of the police report and denial ↗

A dated release is part of the record

Showing the August 7 release alongside the original booking prevents the photograph from implying uninterrupted detention. The entry still does not establish current custody or a verdict. Santos is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. A later case outcome would need its own dated court source.