Mustang Ridge Cop Jacob Cuevas Busted for DWI In His Patrol Car

Police Officer Jacob Cuevas Caught Driving Drunk

Mustang Ridge, Texas

I had never heard of Mustang Ridge until today. It’s a small community outside of Austin. And it is also the home of police officer Jacob Cuevas, who was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated in his marked patrol car.

Around 1:15 Wednesday afternoon, Officer Jacob Cuevas was spotted by a passerby in Guadalupe County, a little more than 40 miles from Mustang Ridge, slumped over the steering wheel of his patrol car.

Cuevas was off-duty and in plain clothes, and it isn’t known why he was in his police unit.

Guadalupe County Sheriff Deputies found Cuevas driving on FM 621.

When he was pulled over, deputies said they could smell alcohol on Cuevas and they also said that he appeared intoxicated. He allegedly didn't do so well with field sobriety tests either.

Cuevas was arrested and charged with DWI. He was taken to the Guadalupe County Jail in Seguin.

Cuevas posted a $10,000 bond and was on administrative leave, pending the outcome of his case.

Austin Police Officer Elias Osegueda Arrested for Family Violence

Austin Police Officer Elias Osegueda

Hays County, Texas

Have you ever noticed how alleged wife beaters are often arrested without a shirt? Anyway, a City of Austin police officer found himself on the other side of the bars, after being arrested in Hays County for assault in connection to a family violence incident. 30-year-old officer Elias Osegueda was arrested around 9:20 p.m. Saturday at his family's home on Sloan Road, near Shadow Creek Boulevard in Buda.

Osegueda allegedly shoved his 33-year-old wife, and then he prevented her from using a phone to call for help, according to investigators. She eventually called 911.

A spokesperson for the sheriff's office says he was booked into the Hays County jail on two charges: assault bodily injury and family violence and interference with an emergency call -- both Class A Misdemeanors.

Osegueda went before a magistrate Sunday morning. His bond was set at $2,000. He's been released from custody.

Is Former Harris County Deputy Constable Christopher Kerr A Sexual Predator?

Houston, Texas

There are new developments in the case of a deputy constable, Christopher Kerr, accused of inappropriately touching a woman during an arrest.

The victim has filed a lawsuit against Harris County and the Deputy’s former boss, and she wants $150,000 for deprivation of civil rights, physical injury and mental anguish. The deputy’s former boss is Harris County Precinct 3 Constable Ken Jones.

Christopher Kerr is accused of pulling over a female driver on the Sam Houston Tollway near John Ralston Road last year for not having an EZ tag. And while detaining her in his squad car, the woman says Deputy Kerr handcuffed her and then proceeded to grope and fondle her.

She says Kerr then placed his hands under her skirt and fondled her.

"Deputy Kerr then told Plaintiff that his penis was erect and that she needed to 'adjust it' or she would go to jail," the suit says.

The traffic stop, her lawsuit alleges, lasted about 30 minutes. But there is not any video record of it, because video of the incident was erased from the camera in Kerr's patrol car.

The constable says the video was not erased, rather they found that Kerr turned off the recording equipment and was fired because of it during their investigation of him.

And this was not the first time Kerr had been fired from Precinct 3. A year before the alleged groping, the constable let him go for violating policy during off-duty work by spending time at home instead of on the job.

Months later, the constable says he gave Kerr a second chance.

The lawyer for the woman says, "The truth is, when Constable Ken Jones rehired Officer Kerr, he put a sexual predator back out on the street in a constable's uniform."

There is a criminal case pending against Kerr. The Harris County District Attorney's Office says it remains under investigation and will be resolved by the end of grand jury testimony, which is next Thursday.

Harris County Deputy Constable Jeremy English Arrested for Sexually Molesting a Child

Accused Child Molester Jeremy English (right)

Jeremy English Booking Photo

Houston, Texas

Well, it’s been a few slow days, but I knew something would turn-up. When in doubt, leave it to Harris County to produce another scumbag. Last week, it was a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's office that took on the label of a sexual predator of children. This week, a Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable is accused of sexually abusing a child.

Deputy Jeremy English, 28, was arrested Friday outside of a hospital. The victim is a relative of English. Investigators say the sexual abuse occurred when the girl was 14-years-old.

The alleged victim is now 17, but prosecutors say she was a minor -- just 14 years old when she and English first engaged in sexual activity. Investigators say she told a relative. The allegations were then reported to the authorities. Harris County Sheriff's Office investigators arrested English Friday afternoon while he was working his second job as a security officer at North Cypress Medical Center.

English was reportedly charged with three counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of online solicitation of a minor

English has worked patrol for Precinct 5 for almost four years.

"Right now, Deputy English is relieved of duty without pay pending the outcome of the investigation. We will help the sheriff's department any way we can with their investigation," said Lt. Warren Steffenauer with the Precinct 5 Harris County Constable's Office.

English's bond has been set at $80,000.

Fort Worth Police Captain L.A. Harris Fired For Searching Porn and ‘Self-Gratification’ At Work

Fort Worth, Texas

A police captain in Fort Worth is looking for work after he was fired over a 'very sticky' situation. 

According to investigators, Captain L.A. Harris had been using his city-issued computer to search porn sites. Apparently, he must have found a few sites he liked, because investigators also say he was pleasuring himself on duty and in uniform.

Harris was one of two overnight duty captains. An internal affairs investigation found Harris had visited the sites while on duty over a six month period.

In a statement, Chief Jeff Halstead called Harris’ behavior “absolutely deplorable.”

Before his firing, Harris had been with the department for 22 years. He had been made captain last June.

Fort Bend Deputy Cassius Lott Busted for Driving Drunk

Ft. Bend County Deputy Cassius Lott

Fort Bend County, Texas

A Fort Bend County sheriff's deputy is facing DWI charges, after being stopped on Sunday morning.

Deputy Cassius Lott was stopped at the intersection of Plantation Drive and Harlem Road in the Richmond area after running a stop sign.

Lott was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was also charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon.

Lott was hired by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office in March 2003.

He will remain on duty pending the outcome of future legal action.

Harris County Deputies Raid Wrong House, Traumatizing Children Inside

Houston, Texas

So far this week, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office has been working hard on receiving the Disgraced Texas Badge Award. In just a few hours, one deputy was charged for falsifying a government record and accused of taking payoffs from a sports bar, offering drugs, prostitution and gambling. Another deputy was arrested for sexually molesting a child.

In another public relations nightmare, deputies performed a raid on a house, searching for a suspect. As it turns out, they went to the wrong house, drawing their guns on children inside. Takeeyah Sterling told KPRC-TV her children have been traumatized by the event and she is dissatisfied with the answers she has received from the Sheriff's Office.

"You do no research, no surveillance, you didn't talk to my neighbors before you invaded my privacy, before you come and terrorize my family," said Sterling.

Sterling said she is angry because the deputies left no information at the house after the raid was concluded. Sterling said she had to track down who was part of the raid.

Sterling said she did speak with one of the deputies who was part of the raid and received what she called an insincere apology. Sterling has filed a formal complaint with the Sheriff's Office's Internal Affairs division.

"If I didn't go look for him, it would have just happened and it would have been like nothing ever happened," said Sterling.

The Sheriff’s office continues to justify the actions of the raid team, but say they are investigating.