Former police captain paid $250,000 to investigate voter fraud faces 20 years in prison for pulling gun on repairman and accusing him of having 750,000 fake ballots in his truck (that turned out to be tools)
Mark Anthony Aguirre, 63, was allegedly paid $266,400 by the Liberty Center for God and Country to investigate voter fraud in the lead up to the election
Aguirre had been conducting surveillance on an air conditioning repairman who he believed was behind a mass voting fraud operation in Harris County, Texas
On October 19, Aguirre ran into the repairman s truck before pulling out a gun and pointing it at his head
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An ex-cop held an A/C repairman at gunpoint over a false claim he had 750,000 fake ballots, police said
Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post
Dec. 16, 2020
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An air-conditioning repairman was driving his truck through Houston in late October when suddenly a black SUV slammed into his tail. When he got out, the SUV s driver leaped out and pointed a gun at his head, police said.
When police arrived, the gunman offered an incredible tale: The driver, he said, was the face of a vast election-fraud scheme and had about 750,000 fake ballots stuffed inside his truck.
Former Texas police officer Mark Aguirre arrested for holding man at gunpoint over baseless election fraud claims, police say washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Houston police captain in Kmart raid fired
Jan. 28, 2003
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A Houston police captain whose botched raid of drag racers last summer sparked a public uproar was fired Wednesday.
Police Capt. Mark Aguirre, commander of the Aug. 18 raid in a Houston Kmart parking lot and a 23-year veteran of the police force, is already under indictment on five counts of official oppression in connection with the case.
He met Tuesday with acting Police Chief Tim Ottmeier, who announced Aguirre s firing during Wednesday s Houston City Council meeting.
Houston police Sgt. Ken Wenzel, a 26-year veteran and one of 13 officers suspended with pay after the raid, resigned Tuesday hours before he was to meet with Ottmeier. Aguirre s lawyer, Terry Yates, had expected Aguirre to be terminated and has said his client would fight any departmental discipline.