Houston Landing by Monroe Trombly 4/3/2024
A Harris County grand jury on Wednesday reindicted former Houston Police Officer Gerald Goines on two felony murder charges in connection with the deadly Harding Street raid.
The new indictments came a week after Harris County District Judge Veronica Nelson threw out the original indictments, siding with the defense’s argument that they lacked specificity.
An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. When someone is indicted, it means a grand jury composed of residents believed there was enough evidence to charge that person with a crime.
“We look forward to seeking justice for the victims’ families when we present our case as scheduled in June,” said Joe Stinebaker, a district attorney’s office spokesperson.
The original indictments against Goines, filed in January 2020, included two counts of felony murder related to the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. The married couple was killed in a firefight after Houston police officers looking for heroin stormed their Harding Street home in January 2019. Police have accused Goines of providing false information to obtain the “no-knock” search warrant used in the raid.
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