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.
2nd Houston officer charged with murder, others indicted in wake of drug raid that left couple dead
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Twelve HPD officers in total have been indicted. Two are charged with first-degree murder.
January 26, 2021, 7:56 AM
On the anniversary of the botched drug raid that led to the deaths of Dennis and Rhogena Tuttle, a candle light vigil is held on the doorstep of their home. Taken on Jan. 28, 2020.
Six more HPD officers were indicted Monday in connection with the 2019 Harding Street raid that led to the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas.
Officer Felipe Gallegos was indicted for murder, a first-degree felony, and faces life in prison.
Officers Oscar Pardo, Cedell Lovings, Nadeem Ashraf, Clemente Reyna, and Thomas Wood are being charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and other first-degree felonies that could result in life sentences, after prosecutors say their roles were part of an ongoing attempt to steal overtime from the city.
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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