Former athlete, assault suspect found

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) - Working with U.S. Marshals, San Marcos police arrested Jonathan Porterie, 22, in San Antonio Tuesday evening after a three-day search for the man suspected in a sexual assault at a San Marcos apartment complex.

Commander Penny Dunn said Porterie was taken into custody without incident at his mother’s home at 230 Hosack Ave. in San Antonio.

Texas State Assistant Athletics Director Rick Poulter confirmed that Porterie was a walk-on player with the Bobcats' football team in the spring of 2011. The wide receiver was released before the regular season and never played for the team during the regular season.

San Marcos investigators transported him to the Hays County Law Enforcement Center, arriving at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.

“It’s a great relief to get him in custody, especially for the victim and the apartment residents,” Dunn said.

Porterie is accused in the sexual assault of a woman at the University Club Apartments around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. The victim identified Porterie by his first name and he is known by many of the residents since he lived in the complex prior to his arrests in September, Dunn said.

Additional charges may be filed against Porterie and against family members for harboring a fugitive.

He is expected to appear in court Wednesday. He had been out on $45,000 bond on previous charges for incidents that occurred in September.

Porterie had been arrested and charged twice in September for entering unlocked apartments of young female residents.

On Sept. 7, he was charged with criminal trespass of habitation, a Class A misdemeanor, after a woman discovered Porterie in her room standing near her bed. She called 911 and he was arrested at his apartment in the same building, Dunn said.

Porterie was already under investigation for an earlier incident reported on Sept. 4 where he was accused of illegally entering the apartment of a resident of the complex and making physical contact with the victim.

He left the apartment when the woman and roommate confronted him.

Porterie was charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony, a first-degree felony. He posted bond of $45,000 and was released from the Hays County Law Enforcement Center on Sept. 14.