Former HPD Officer charged with murder in a botched drug raid that left a couple dead (Houston: felony)

[TheMoreYouKnow]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...d-14373874.php


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx8e7-h8YMw

https://www.khou.com/video/news/crim...9-dbe74db31cef

A former Houston Police Department narcotics officer has been charged with murder, nearly seven months after a botched drug raid left a couple dead and unleashed a sprawling police scandal.

Ex-case agent Gerald Goines on Friday was charged with two counts of felony murder in the Jan. 28 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas and is still under investigation over claims he stole guns, drugs and money, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced at a news conference downtown. His partner, Steven Bryant, was charged with one count of evidence tampering, a state jail felony.

Ogg said that as investigators probed the case, they determined that Goines first lied about using a confidential informant to buy heroin; then claimed to have bought the drugs himself; then lied about who identified the drugs; and finally admitted that he couldn’t determine whether Tuttle was the same person from whom he allegedly purchased the drugs.

Ogg also said that after the shooting, Bryant lied in an offense report about helping Goines with the investigation and falsely claimed that they’d recovered a plastic bag that contained a white napkin and two small packets of heroin.

In case you aren't aware, former officer Gerald Goines has a history of drug related shootings and deaths.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLIxtazU2bo

[TheMoreYouKnow]

In related news, charges in other cases related to now retired officer Goines have been dismissed. This guy was as crooked as Buffalo Bayou.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZURAW3Qdg

[GreenBouy]

This will be interesting to follow, I still don’t see a motive to lie about no knocking some white heroin addicts in Pecan Park.

I also still don’t understand the claim the cops shot first, 5 cops were shot, did they shoot each other? Strange case.

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Originally Posted by GreenBouy

This will be interesting to follow, I still don’t see a motive to lie about no knocking some white heroin addicts in Pecan Park.

The investigation has proven that the alleged heroin buy never took place, there was no drug informant and the officer lied about the whole thing. HPD reports also show that nothing more than a small amount of weed was found in the home after the couple was murdered.

I also still don’t understand the claim the cops shot first, 5 cops were shot, did they shoot each other? Strange case.

They're still investigating, we do know that the man did shoot back at the officers but that's understandable during a no knock raid on a home when the residents have no reason to expect the police in the first place. If you're dealing meth you sorta expect the cops to kick in the front door, these people weren't selling anything to anyone.

[resonator]

Not strange at all as far as this cop's cases go. They got spooked when the dog was shot then shot each other, and the lady through a wall. Lots of gunfire.



No homeowner gun was found at the scene so not likely that it did any shooting. Drugs found were 'throw downs'.


Cops shot the homeowner dead, from outside the house to make sure he was dead, then used the megaphone to tell him to come out.


Wonder why the DA did not see the pattern with this cop's extensive use of no-knock warrants.
Those require a statement that the perp is armed and dangerous. I've heard that no guns were found at the great majority of his raids.