HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a murder count, for now, against a Houston police officer Tuesday who was charged for his role in a fraudulent 2019 drug raid that left two homeowners dead. Officer Felipe Gallegos had been charged with murdering Dennis Tuttle during the January 2019 raid, the warrant for which prosecutors say now-former Officer Gerald Goines lied to obtain. Goines is still charged with multiple counts, including murder, for the raid that left Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58, dead. A message to Rusty Hardin, Gallegos’ attorney, was not immediately returned. Prosecutors have alleged Goines lied to obtain the search warrant by claiming a confidential informant had bought heroin there.

Source: thestar August 18, 2021 01:07 UTC