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.
Ex-Houston officer pleads guilty in connection with fatal drug raid
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HOUSTON – A former Houston police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a 2019 drug raid that killed both homeowners.
Steven Bryant admitted in his guilty plea Tuesday that he lied and obstructed the resulting investigation in the raid, the Houston Chronicle reported.
His plea was the first time a law enforcement officer connected to the raid has pleaded guilty or been convicted.
Bryant was charged last August with tampering with a government record. He was accused of providing false information in a report after the raid that supported the story of his partner, Gerald Goines, about a confidential informant.
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