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A message at Walmart, then a kidnapping arrest: Levi Smith’s booking timeline

Levi Wayne Smith’s photograph appeared in our recent collection. The county record ties his September 2 booking to an alleged August 23 kidnapping and robbery described in local reporting.

By Bexar County Mugshots Staff · Published · 2 min read

Levi Wayne Smith’s photograph associated with his September 2, 2026 booking
Levi Wayne Smith. September 2 booking photograph from our public-record collection; the existing publisher watermark is retained.

A request for help at a store

A man allegedly forced to drive around the Southeast Side at gunpoint found a way to alert a Walmart employee: he showed a message on his phone. KSAT reported September 4 that the employee alerted a manager, who called police, and the alleged kidnappers fled.

The station’s account of an arrest affidavit identified Levi Smith, 27, and Jose Valencia, 40, as suspects in the August 23 incident. Police alleged the men were trying to make the victim withdraw money. The account remains an allegation; we have not independently reviewed the affidavit.

KSAT’s account of the incident and arrests ↗

What Smith’s county booking establishes

The county entry under Levi Wayne Smith lists booking B202635725 and SID 1085120. It gives September 1 as the arrest date and September 2 as the booking date. Both charges list August 23 as the alleged offense date and SAPD as the arresting agency.

The charge descriptions are aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon, with Safe Release included in the latter’s county label. The respective warrant numbers are 2026W10257830 and 2026W10257832. Safe Release is part of the displayed charge description; it is not a jail-release date or a recorded court disposition.

County charge descriptions, dates and warrant numbers ↗

The photograph and the event have different dates

Our photograph was published later in September, but it belongs to this September 2 booking. The related link opens that existing record. At the September 29 check, neither charge displayed a disposition and the booking had no displayed release date. We have not verified a court outcome. Smith is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

Source notes

We checked the county entry directly on September 29, 2026, Central Time, and matched the full name, booking number, dates and charges to the photograph in our collection. The alleged abduction and escape are attributed to KSAT’s September 4 report on an arrest affidavit. We have not independently obtained that affidavit or interviewed the people involved.

This article reflects the reporting available on September 29, 2026. Later developments should be read with their own dates and sources.