The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against a former Houston narcotics officer connected to the botched raid at 7815 Harding Street.
Former Houston police officer Steven Bryant pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of falsifying records that interfered with a government investigation.
Former Houston officer pleads guilty to federal charge in Harding Street Raid article
HOUSTON - Former Houston police officer Steven Bryant pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge stemming from the deadly Harding Street Raid.
Bryant was charged with obstructing justice by falsifying records.
Two residents, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, were shot and killed in their southeast Houston home during the botched drug raid on January 28, 2019. Four police officers were also injured in a shooting at the raid.
In a statement, Michael Patrick Doyle, the attorney for Nicholas’s family said, The guilty plea by Mr. Bryant opens the door for him to tell what truly happened before, during, and after the murderous raid. He does not have to continue participating in the City s million dollar continuing cover up of how and why Rhogena Nicolas and Dennis Tuttle were murdered in their own home by HPD s officers. The Nicholas family will continue to fight to uncover the rest of the
Harding Street raid update: Ex-HPD officer Steven Bryant pleads guilty in federal court
Bryant first officer connected to Harding Street to plead guilty.
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Federal court hearing for former HPD officer charged in Harding Street raid
HOUSTON – A former Houston Police Department narcotics officer pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to federal charges in connection to the 2019 deadly Harding Street raid.
Steven Bryant, 47, pleaded guilty in federal court via Zoom to destruction, alteration or falsification of government records. Federal prosecutors said Bryant prepared and completed a report where he falsely claimed to have assisted Gerald Goines in the investigation that left Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas dead in the botched raid.
Former Houston police officer Steven Bryant pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of falsifying records that interfered with a government investigation.