Charges filed against eight Houston Police Department officers linked to the 2019 Harding Street Raid have been dismissed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office. District Attorney Sean Teare cited insufficient evidence to prove the officers engaged in organized criminal activity, stating that the raid should have never happened.
On Thursday, charges were dismissed against the Houston Police Department officers who were linked to the 2019 Harding Street Raid by the Harris County District Attorney's Office. District Attorney Sean Teare stated 17 charges were dismissed for eight police officers. The officers were charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and named in documents.
According to Sean Teare, the charges were dropped after a review showed there was insufficient evidence to prove the crimes were committed beyond reasonable doubt. \'Nothing about these dismissals changes the fact that the Harding Street raid should have never happened,' he went on to say. 'As the chief law enforcement officer of Harris County, I want people to know that we remain steadfast in our commitment to uncovering and addressing corruption wherever it may be found – but we will always be guided by the facts, not politics. These charges were kept on life-support by the previous District Attorney to generate headlines, damaging the reputations of the officers and the Houston Police Department, and they inevitably fell apart under the weight of the truth. As District Attorney, I am determined to pursue real justice instead of using the lives of innocent public servants to score political points.' These officers and their families have endured four years of hardship, forced to live under a cloud of suspicion and accusations of corruption. Despite the lack of evidence, they were subjected to an investigation designed to wrongfully link them to the very real, heinous crimes committed by Gerald Goines.\ In October 2024, former HPD narcotics officer Gerald Goines was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the deaths of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle, who were killed during a no-knock warrant in 2019 on Harding Street. He was convicted in September 2024 for felony murder after being accused of misleading a judge to get a 'no-knock' search warrant after claiming black tar heroin was being sold in the home. During the trial, prosecutors argued Goines falsely stated a confidential informant had purchased drugs from the couple's residence. However, he later admitted to having no informant and conducting the operation himself. In the 2019 raid, four officers were shot and survived. Officer Cedell Lovings was left paralyzed
HARDING STREET RAID HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SEAN TARE GERALD GOINES ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CHARGES DISMISSED
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