HOUSTON (AP) A former Houston police captain was charged with assault on Tuesday after running a man off the road and holding him at gunpoint in an effort to prove what authorities have called a bogus voter fraud scheme.
Mark Aguirre claimed that an air conditioner repairman was the mastermind of a giant voter fraud scheme. Aguirre said the man’s truck was filled with fraudulent ballots when he ran his SUV into it on Oct. 19, according to authorities.
“The defendant stated (the driver) has approximately seven hundred and fifty thousand fraudulent mail ballots and is using Hispanic children to sign the ballots because the children’s fingerprints would not appear in any databases,” according to an arrest affidavit.
Ex-Houston officer accused of assault in bogus fraud claim
by Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 15, 2020 7:11 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 7:12 pm EDT
HOUSTON A former Houston police captain was charged with assault on Tuesday after running a man off the road and holding him at gunpoint in an effort to prove what authorities have called a bogus voter fraud scheme.
Mark Aguirre claimed that an air conditioner repairman was the mastermind of a giant voter fraud scheme. Aguirre said the man’s truck was filled with fraudulent ballots when he ran his SUV into it on Oct. 19, according to authorities.
Ex-Houston Police Officer Charged In Attack Over Bogus Election Fraud Plot
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
A former Houston police captain was charged Tuesday with allegedly running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head in an attempt to prove his claims of a voter fraud conspiracy.
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An ex-captain in the Houston Police Department was arrested Tuesday for allegedly running a man off the road and assaulting him in an attempt to prove a bizarre voter-fraud conspiracy pushed by a right-wing organization.
The suspect, Mark Anthony Aguirre, told police he was part of a group of private citizens investigating claims of the massive fraud allegedly funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and involving election ballots forged by Hispanic children. He said the plot was underway in Harris County, Texas, prior to the Nov. 3 election.
Former police captain accused of holding repairman at gunpoint to prove voter fraud
Investigators say Mark Anthony Aguirre, 63, caused an accident and held an innocent man at gunpoint while trying to prove voter fraud. Author: KHOU 11 Staff Updated: 1:37 PM EST December 16, 2020
HOUSTON A former Houston Police Department captain is accused of causing an accident and holding a man at gunpoint to prove his claims of voter fraud.
Mark Anthony Aguirre, 63, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony. He was arrested Tuesday.
“He crossed the line from dirty politics to commission of a violent crime and we are lucky no one was killed,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. “His alleged investigation was backward from the start – first alleging a crime had occurred and then trying to prove it happened.”
HOUSTON, Texas A former Houston Police Department Captain was arrested and charged for running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head in an attempt to prove claims of a massive voter fraud scheme in Harris County, according to a news release from the Harris County s DA s office.
Mark Anthony Aguirre, 63, was arrested by Houston police Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He crossed the line from dirty politics to commission of a violent crime, and we are lucky no one was killed, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. His alleged investigation was backward from the start - first alleging a crime had occurred and then trying to prove it happened.