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Former WilCo Sheriff Robert Chody indicted in connection to Javier Ambler case By Carissa Lehmkuhl and FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published  Former WilCo Sheriff Robert Chody indicted in connection to Javier Ambler case Former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was booked into Travis County Jail this afternoon on a tampering with evidence charge in connection to the Javier Ambler case. AUSTIN, Texas - Former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was booked into the Travis County Jail Thursday afternoon on a tampering with evidence charge in connection to the Javier Ambler case. ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas sheriff has been charged for the second time with evidence tampering in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man that was filmed by the police reality TV series “Live PD,” officials announced Thursday. Robert Chody was booked into a Travis County jail on Thursday and released 20 minutes later on a $15,000 bond, a spokeswoman for the county sheriff’s office said. The charge stems from the destruction of video that showed 40-year-old Javier Ambler's last moments in March 2019, when deputies repeatedly shocked him with stun...

By August 2019, Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick’s emails to then-Sheriff Robert Chody were testy and terse. Dick had been trying for months to get raw, unedited footage from a TV reality show shadowing Chody’s deputies into the hands of prosecutors. Dick argued that his office had a legal duty to gather any potential evidence — and most especially information that might exonerate a defendant. “I believe my requests are clear, reasonable, and have consistently been presented to you and your department,” Dick wrote on Aug. 17, 2019. At the time, Chody juggled Dick’s d...

Other ethnic or racial groups were represented about equally with their populations. Whites, who comprise 63 percent of households with cars, made up 61 percent of those stopped; Hispanics and Latinos accounted for 22 percent of stops while making up 23 percent of households with cars, and Asians and Pacific Islanders made up 4 percent of traffic stops as 6 percent of households with cars. The report offers little comparative data on racial profiling beyond that. Two pages of the document show 12 data points related to the stops, such as whether and why a search was conducted and whether offi...

The lawsuit references data showing the Williamson County Sheriff's Office used more aggressive tactics while the "Live PD" cameras were rolling.