Lover's Quarrel Between Two Houston Police Officers Ends With Taser Gun and Arrest

HPD Officer Veronica Salmeron

Houston, Texas

The Houston Police Department has suspended one of its own, following a lover’s spat between two officers.

Houston Police Officer Veronica Salmeron was arrested over the weekend after she allegedly showed up to her ex-boyfriend's house (also an HPD officer) and vandalized his home and car.

The 25-year-old officer has bonded out of jail, but is not commenting at the moment.

Court papers filed Saturday outline the day Salmeron and a girlfriend allegedly showed up to Officer Sergio Garza's house and started trashing it.

Salmeron originally went to Garza’s home to confront him, but upon arrival, things begin to heat-up. The officer allegedly started smashing car windows with a lawn chair and then moved on to home windows.

At one point, Salmeron somehow managed to enter the home where she locked herself inside of a bathroom, sources said. Garza then tasered the woman and called 911.

Garza has not been charged. As for Salmeron, police confirmed that the second-year officer has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation. Sources say Salmeron may have been drinking beforehand.

Salmeron and her friend, Rosa Posada, who was also arrested, are both expected in court on Nov. 11.