A former Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit extortion, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston announced today.
Richard Bryan Nutt Jr., 43, pleaded guilty Monday and was convicted before U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore to conspiring with others to use his position as a law enforcement officer to steal drug loads from dealers and split the proceeds with others after the stolen drugs were sold by co-defendants.
Nutt's sentencing is set for June 6. Nutt, who was fired from the sheriff's office, is on bond pending sentencing. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison without parole for the conviction and a $250,0000 fine.
The conviction stems from a joint Houston Police Department and FBI sting operation initiated after HPD obtained information that members of law enforcement were robbing shipments of narcotics in Houston.
Prosecutors say that on Dec. 15 Nutt met with co-defendants Nathaniel House, 37, Richard Jerome Banks, 38, John Edward Scott, 34, and Danny Wayne Bell, 40.
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