A Williamson County deputy pled guilty to charges of official oppression and assault in a 2019 case. Deputy Christopher Pisa, 29, entered the guilty plea on April 21.
A Williamson County Sheriff's deputy entered a guilty plea for "official oppression and assault" in connection to an excessive force case from 2019, according to a news release from District Attorney Shawn Dick's office.
Williamson County Sheriff Mike Gleason has rehired an indicted deputy accused of using excessive force on a 30-year-old woman in 2019.
Deputy Christopher Pisa, 25, faces charges of assault and official oppression. Pisa, who had resigned last year, is now working in an administrative position and is not on patrol, Gleason said Friday.
The hiring comes as Gleason has said that he is trying to reboot an agency that has faced intense public scrutiny over how deputies used force and other controversial tactics under the administration of former Sheriff Robert Chody.
Authorities have not released an account of what happened during the April 2019 incident with Imani Nembhard.
Williamson deputy indicted in traffic stop that turned violent Julie Chang, jchang@statesman.com
A Williamson County grand jury indicted a former sheriff’s deputy Thursday on assault and official oppression charges after a 30-year-old Black woman said she was thrown to the ground during a traffic stop.
The April 2019 incident involving former Williamson County sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Pisa the details of which have not been previously disclosed is one of five use-of-force encounters under investigation by the Texas Rangers and Williamson County prosecutors.
Pisa, 25, resigned last year when department officials confronted him about the case, records show. Grand jurors issued indictments on charges of assault causing bodily injury and a misdemeanor official oppression charge, and sheriff’s officials said Sheriff Robert Chody referred the incident to prosecutors in 2019 for possible criminal prosecution.