San Antonio woman arrested on sixth prostitution charge in H-E-B parking lot

Maria Theresa Montoya, 46, can be seen here in a booking photo for prostitution on May 26, 2015. Maria Theresa Montoya, 46, can be seen here in a booking photo for prostitution on May 26, 2015. Photo: Bexar County Sheriff's Office Photo: Bexar County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 53 Caption Close San Antonio woman arrested on sixth prostitution charge in H-E-B parking lot 1 / 53 Back to Gallery

A 46-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday on her sixth prostitution charge after propositioning an undercover detective on the East Side.

Maria Theresa Montoya was charged with a state jail felony of prostitution with three or more priors and was released at 7 :15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Bexar County Central Magistrate's website.

Montoya walked into a H-E-B parking lot on East Houston Street and North New Braunfels Avenue, where she got into an undercover detective’s car, according to an arrest affadavit cited by KSAT. She asked him what he was looking for, and she was then cited and released at the scene.

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But once Montoya’s criminal history was looked at, detectives found she had been arrested and convicted on five other charges of prostitution in the past and detained her, according to KSAT.

Montoya was last convicted in September. If convicted on another state jail felony charge, she could face up to two years in prison.

The San Antonio Express-News obtained mugshots for each of the six prostitution arrests, dating back to 1999. Scroll through the slideshow to get a glimpse at this woman’s timeline.

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