Several Houston Police Department (HPD) officers involved in the 2019 Harding Street raid, where two homeowners were killed, have had charges dropped. The officers, who previously served on the narcotics squad of convicted murderer Gerald Goines, were initially accused of lying on their time sheets to collect wages they did not earn. The total amount allegedly stolen from the city of Houston is between $30,000 and $150,000.
Those officers once served on the narcotics squad of ex-cop Gerald Goines, who was convicted of murder in the case and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Goines, the lead agent for the Houston Police Department involved in the 2019 raid, lied on an affidavit to obtain the initial no-knock warrant, claiming the homeowners, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, were dealing heroin. A judge quashed the charges against those eight officers last year, but the office of then-District Attorney Kim Ogg took the case back to a grand jury in October and accused the officers of lying on their time sheets.
The total wages allegedly stolen from the city of Houston is at least $30,000 and less than $150,000, according to court documents.
POLICE BRUTALITY CORRUPTION CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION LAW ENFORCEMENT HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
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