Grand jury indicts 6 more Houston police officers in deadly Harding Street drug raid
Six more officers charged in connection with Harding Street raid
FOX 26 s Natalie Hee has more as six additional officers have been charged in connection with the Harding Street raid that occurred almost two years ago.
HOUSTON - Nearly two years after the deadly no-knock drug raid on Harding Street, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced that a grand jury has indicted several more former Houston police officers involved in the incident on felony charges.
Houston police officer Felipe Gallegos has been charged with murder in the death of Dennis Tuttle. The first-degree felony carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Tuttle, his wife Rhogena Nicholas and their dog were shot and killed by HPD officers on January 28, 2019 during the raid, which Ogg said was carried out after former HPD officer Gerald Goines lied to a judge to receive a no-knock search warrant. Goines allegedly produced fabricated evidence that painted the married couple as heroin dealers, but only small amounts of cocaine and marijuana were found in their Harding Street home.
The DA’s investigation later uncovered a scheme within HPD’s narcotics division to falsify work hours on police timesheets to collect fraudulent overtime payments.
“The consequences of corruption are that two innocent people and their dog were shot to death in their home by police; four officers were shot, one paralyzed, and now all of them will face jurors who will determine their fate,” Ogg said.
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Doctor stole vaccine, gave it to friends and family: prosecutor
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Hasan Kassim Gokal, 48, faces one misdemeanor count of theft by a public servant.
His attorney says Gokal was simply making sure that doses of the vaccine were used rather than allowed to expire.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Thursday that Gokal, who worked for Harris County Public Health, stole a vial containing nine doses on Dec. 29 while working at a county vaccination site in Humble, about 15 miles northeast of Houston.
He later told a colleague, who reported him, Ogg said in a statement. Gokal was fired after an investigation by the health department, and the case was referred to prosecutors.