Sex Offender Jailed Again Following Seven Years of Probation Violations

A San Angelo sex offender who has managed to avoid the penitentiary despite three motions to revoke probation and a history of violations spanning over seven years was jailed again on Oct. 1, following yet another violation report.

Anthony Cansino’s victim was 15 years old on Sept. 16, 2006, when San Angelo police officer Noel Anderson responded to a residence for the report of a sexual assault. Once on scene, Cansino, who had fled, returned to the residence and was taken into custody.

He was later indicted for sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child sexual contact, both second-degree felonies. On April 10, 2007, Cansino entered a plea bargain with the state, admitting to having made the contact for his own sexual gratification and arousal, in exchange for having the sexual assault charge dropped.

Cansino was sentenced to eight years probation for the felony and ordered to pay a $1,750 fine and $195 restitution. In addition, various requirements and restrictions were placed on Cansino for the duration of his probation.

Three months after being put on probation, Cansino violated his terms by making contact with the victim and another child under the age of 17. He was sentenced to a week in the county jail, which began July 16. By Nov. 27, 2007, that number had increased to contact with five underage persons, and Cansino was filed on for the violations. He spent a month in jail this time, beginning Dec. 17, 2007.

In December 2010, the district attorney’s office filed a motion to revoke Cansino’s probation due to continued violations that included contact with individuals under the age of 17, use of alcohol, failure to complete counseling and treatment and a failed polygraph test.

Cansino’s probation was amended in August 2011, at which time he was ordered to spend 45-120 days in the State Contracted Immediate Sanctions Facility, beginning Aug. 19.

Upon release in January 2012, Cansino again violated his probation by using alcohol, contacting children under 17 and missing therapy sessions. Another motion to revoke his probation was filed in April 2013, and on Jan. 27, 2014 Judge jay Weatherby passed down a sentence.

Cansino, who at the time still had a little less than one year to go on his original eight-year probation term, was sentenced to 10 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division. His sentence, however, was suspended and Cansino was again placed on probation for five years, plus 180 days in county jail.

Cansino was warned the judge would have no further tolerance for violations, however shortly after being released, he opted out of therapy—which was not optional—and was filed on again on Sept. 25, 2014.

He was booked again on Oct. 1 and is currently being held with no bond.