Roman Forest Cop, Formerly With Harris County Sheriff's Office, Charged with Family Violence

Spring, Texas

A former Harris County Sheriffs employee has been charged with Assault-Family Violence.

Precinct 4 Constables arrested Randy Eugene Blackketter, 40, in the 22900 block of Spring Willow Drive Wednesday morning.

Blackketer is a reserve police officer with the Roman Forest Police Department. He served several years with HCSO.

Investigators were called to the residence around 3 a.m. on word of a family disturbance, according to a Precinct 4 Constables Office statement.

A woman told investigators she had been assaulted on at least 2 separate occasions in the past month. Both times, Blackketter left the scene prior to the arrival of deputies.

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Houston Police Officer Demetrie Dixon Found Guilty in Rape Cases

Rookie HPD Officer Guilty in Rape Cases: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

Houston, Texas

Demetrie Dixon is being referred to as a rapist in blue and he could be going to prison for a very long time.

It was last year when the 26-year-old Houston Police officer was arrested for sexually assaulting at least 2 women in north west Houston.

Dixon, a 2-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, used his authority to detain and sexually assault the women, investigators said.

On Friday morning, a Harris County jury returned a guilty verdict on 2 counts of Sexual Assault against the police officer.

Prosecutors paraded a string of women into the court to tell how they were victimized by Dixon.

One woman told jurors that Dixon forced her to strip nude and told her to spread.

Another woman testified, "I was forced to perform oral sex on him. I didn't ask for this. He did this to me."

Dixon faces 2 to 20 years for the convictions.

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Houston Police Investigation Involving Officer Driving Drunk and Colliding With School Bus Under Scrutiny

Houston, Texas

One of HPD's top commanders admits that an investigation into how the crash report was handled wasn't launched until after KTRK-TV started asking questions.

In a previous story, we learned that Sergeant Ruben Trejo had a blood alcohol content of .176 and was driving to work when the crash occurred. It wasn’t until two weeks after, that he was charged with DWI. When police arrived on the scene, bus driver Teresa Argueta explained that the officer appeared to have been intoxicated and claimed she saw open containers in the sergeant's car.

She said, "I tried to take a picture and all the police officers pulled the rug inside. And I tried to take pictures and they said no, go over there." Instead of charging the officer, the bus driver was cited for failure to yield. Previous reports claim witnesses were told they would be arrested if they took photos of the open alcohol containers.

KTRK-TV is reporting internal affairs didn't start investigating the allegations until late last week when Argueta and Eyewitness News began asking questions.

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Poteet Police Chief Says Sending Pics of Topless Women To Female Officer Was An Accident

Poteet, Texas

According to Poteet Police Chief John Overstreet, he was just sitting around the house last month, when someone sent him a funny text message. It was so funny, he decided to forward it to several friends.

The only two problems with this scenario was, the message included photos of topless women and his only female officer received the message.

Alice Bhirdo, on the force for two years, says she was "shocked and disgusted." Outraged, she showed the photos to city officials, but decided to not file a complaint. "What's the point?" she said. "Nothing gets done."

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Houston Independent School Police Officer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teenager

Houston, Texas
An HISD police officer is now in custody and facing sex charges. He’s accused of assaulting a teenager off campus. Right now, he's in custody.

Officer Calvin Williams is facing two felony counts of sexual assault of a child. The alleged victim in this case is a 15-year-old girl who was a new student at the school where he worked.

The assaults took place four years ago, when the victim was pretty new to Eastwood Academy on Houston's east side. But now, she's pressing charges to prevent others from possibly becoming victims.

According to Williams, he and the victim became friends and he liked having her read poetry to him. According to the victim, it was in the officer’s car at a car wash, where the first assault happened.

If he's convicted, Williams faces two to 20 years in prison on both counts.

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Family Seeks Help From US Department of Justice After Autopsy Report Reveals Unarmed Man Shot Six Times In Back By Houston Police Officer : Latest Update

Houston, Texas

In the on-going story on the death of John Barnes, who was killed by Houston Police Officer Ryan Gardiner, family members are seeking help from the US Department of Justice. This follows their filing of a lawsuit against the officer. While the officer was cleared by a grand jury two years ago, the autopsy report was held until recently –revealing that the unarmed man was shot multiple times, including six times in the back.

As of today, Officer Gardiner remains active on the force.

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Just Released Autopsy Report Shows Houston Police Officer Shot Unarmed Man Six Times In The Back : An Update

Houston, Texas

An update on the story we brought you earlier, involving allegations of excessive force against a Houston Police Officer. There were conflicting reports on various blogs about how many bullet wounds the autopsy report revealed that the victim received. We now have video verification that the unarmed victim, John Barnes, was shot multiple times, including six times in his back by Houston Police Officer Ryan Gardiner.

Family Files Lawsuit Against HPD Officer: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

Two and a half years have passed since that shooting, and it's been about a year and a half since a grand jury cleared Gardiner of any wrong doing.

But attorneys for the victim’s family have finally gotten their hands on the autopsy report for Barnes. They've now filed a civil lawsuit against Gardiner, the apartment complex, and the city of Houston.

"John Barnes was shot in the chest and 6 times in the back. He was unarmed," said Hodges. "I don't care who you are. A dog doesn't deserve to be gunned down 6 times in the back like John Barnes was that night. The family attempted afterward to get a copy of some of the documents that were relative to the case. They asked, ‘Can we get a copy of the police department report?’ No. ‘Copies of statements?’ No. ‘Or how about the public record, the autopsy report?’ That is public record for every autopsy done in Harris County and they were told no."

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