Former San Antonio police officer Michael Brewer was fired in 2020 following an internal review. Credit: Facebook / San Antonio Police Department

A San Antonio police officer is on unpaid administrative leave after his ex-girlfriend alleged that he put a hidden camera in her home, KSAT reports.

Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies arrested SAPD officer Andres Puente, 32, Wednesday on two counts of felony invasive visual recording, according to an arrest warrant cited by the TV station.

Puente’s ex-girlfriend called the sheriff’s office just before midnight on Tuesday to report that she’d found a camera disguised as an electronic plug-in wall extender hidden behind a computer desk in her home, KSAT reports.

BSCO investigators reportedly found 33 hours of video on an SD card in the recording device, including footage of the woman’s partially dressed minor daughter, according to details revealed in the story.

Puente posted $40,000 bail Wednesday. SAPD promptly put Puente, who’s served on the force since 2020, on unpaid leave pending the outcome of criminal and administrative investigations.

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This article appears in May 31 – Jun 13, 2023.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...