A San Antonio Public Works Department employee fired after his arrest last year on a domestic violence charge will not be reinstated, despite the criminal case being dismissed and a city civil service commission finding he acted in self-defense.

Ezra Aguilar, 21, was terminated from his maintenance worker position late last year, days after he was taken into custody by San Antonio police on a misdemeanor charge of family violence causing bodily injury.

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