Houston Chronicle by St. John Barned-Smith , Keri Blakinger and Gabrielle Banks 11/20/2019
FBI arrest 2 police officers, 911 caller linked to deadly Harding Street drug raid
Wearing scowls and shackles, two former Houston police officers at the center of a fatal drug raid appeared in federal court Wednesday, hours after they were arrested by the FBI.
One will spend the next two nights at a federal detention facility. His former partner will await trial at home, after being released on bond. In addition, a woman accused of making false 911 calls that led police to the Harding Street home in late January was detained pending a hearing.
Ex-case agent Gerald Goines faces a hearing Friday morning where a federal magistrate will determine if he is a flight risk and a danger to the community. His partner Steven Bryant was expected to be released Wednesday on $50,000 unsecured bond.
Patricia Garcia - the first civilian implicated in the bad bust - is charged with providing false information because she allegedly lied when she called 911 and claimed that she could see her daughter inside the home. She also said that the residents were drug dealers, that they were smoking crack and doing heroin and that they had machine guns inside.
More:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Gerald-Goines-ex-cop-at-center-of-Harding-Street-14848925.php