Bullard Police Officer Charged With Sexual Assault for Sex In Car With Teen Girl He Met While Patrolling School

Bullard, Texas

A former Bullard police officer has been arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a child following a four-month investigation by Texas Rangers.

According to an arrest affidavit by Texas Ranger Sgt. Brent Davis, 26-year-old Steven Wayne Morris confessed to having sexual intercourse with a Bullard High School student in the backseat of the student's vehicle last summer.

Bullard Police Chief Gary Don Lewis said several months ago that Morris had been suspended while the investigation as underway. Two months later Morris was terminated after Lewis said he lied during an interview about the teenager's allegation.

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Bastrop PD Chief's Future Uncertain - Another DUI Charge

Bastrop, Texas

City manager still considering what to do.

"Bastrop's city manager said he is still considering what to do with Bastrop Police Department Chief David Board after he was arrested on a DWI charge Monday night."

Authorities released him from jail Tuesday morning after a breathalyzer showed he was three times over the legal limit to drive, testing twice at 0.226 and 0.227.

Board also had a previous DWI conviction back in 1985, the year before he joined Bastrop's police force.

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Austin Cop Indicted For Indecent Exposure - He Exposed His "Weapon" At Strip Club

Austin, Texas

A Travis County grand jury indicted an Austin police officer on an indecent exposure charge Thursday. If found guilty, he could face up to 180 days in jail.

Police say Albert Aguinaga exposed himself during a lap dance at Expose Gentlemen’s Club at 3615 S. Congress Ave. on July 15. The indictment said Aguinaga was “reckless about whether another person was present who would be offended and alarmed by such acts.”

"Any time an officer violates the law, it is disappointing to all the men and women of the Austin Police Department and contrary to the ethical standards subscribed by members of the department,” said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo in a statement. “The Department’s immediate and decisive investigative action in this case, is in keeping with our tradition of high standards and accountability."

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Houston Cop Fakes Dr.'s Note To Avoid Patrol Duties

Houston, Texas

A veteran Houston Police Department officer has been charged with a felony crime, accused of falsifying notes from her doctor to avoid working her patrol duties

Sonfra Kaye Shafer, 56, of Katy, posted a $2,000 bail on Monday on charges of tampering with a government record. She is a member of the Special Operations Unit.

Internal Affairs Division investigators said Shafer was avoiding her patrol duties while her colleagues were stuck working in Houston's triple-digit temperatures. She claimed injuries to her leg and was working inside an air-conditioned office called the Teleserve Unit, where officers file reports for citizens who call information in by phone.


Working such light duty details requires a note from a doctor every 90 days, and HPD investigators said Shafer altered her doctor's note from May 20 so that she could remain inside in the office job.


Internal Affairs officers said her doctor filled out a questionnaire indicating that she was now able to perform such tasks as writing tickets, conducting investigations or testifying in court. That doctor sent the form directly to HPD headquarters. Investigators said Shafer sent in the same form, but six of the doctor's answers had been changed to reflect she cannot perform those duties.


HPD said that altered doctor's note allowed her to continue being paid by taxpayers without performing the duties she was supposed to be handling.

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Austin Police Officer Convicted For Giving Crack & Cash To Prostitutes & Their Boyfriends In Exchange For Sex

Austin, Texas

A former Austin police officer, Scott Lando, could be sentenced to up to two years in state jail after a Travis County jury found him guilty Tuesday of giving crack cocaine to a North Austin man while on the force in 2006.

Prosecutors Gail Van Winkle and John Neal said Monday that Lando suffered a moral collapse driven by an urge to befriend and have sex with prostitutes.

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Houston Police Mistake Bar Owners For Possible Burglars and Open Fire

Houston, Texas

Houston police thought they were preventing a break-in, but instead they fired their weapons at the owner of a southeast Houston restaurant.

Neither of the bar owners wanted to talk on camera, but for people who live nearby this near miss by officers is worrisome.

"They shot at the wrong people, obviously, if it was the owner in his own establishment. And that's a little unsettling. How are they going to determine who's the good guys and the bad guys?" said neighbor Kristen Crow.

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Austin Police Officer Suspended After DWI charge

Austin, Texas

An Austin police officer is suspended after being charged with DWI.

Officer Phillip Kelly was off duty when he was arrested back in February. According to the arrest affidavit, Kelly was weaving in and out of traffic along Riverside Drive at 3 a.m. Once he was pulled over, he admitted to having four drinks between 5 p.m. and midnight.

Officer Kelly's suspension starts Monday and runs through Sept. 14.

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