that controversial Harding Street police
raid is raising questions about the
actions of houston police officer the
FBI is now involved as HPD's own
internal investigation drags into its
fourth month Channel 2 investigates has
led the way on this story we refers to
report the warrant obtained by police
and it was based on lies and last
Thursday we were first to report that
the autopsy results for Dennis Tuttle
Andrew Keenan ickle Asst tonight
investigator Mario Diaz reveals
allegations of uncollected evidence at
the homeland Harding Street and Mario
explains where the case stands now
nearly 100 days later the botched
Harding Street raid is still unraveling
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Regina Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle are
dead members of HPD's narcotics team
have left the force or are under
investigation and houston police chief
art acevedo still has not turned over
the case to the district attorney's
office for review let me tell you why I
think these cops are heroes On January
28th it was chaos on Harding Street
within the first few hours HPD brass
raced in front of cameras attempting to
defend their officers not knowing what
had really happened because we had a
search warrant that narcotics activity
was going on in that residence
specifically the sale black tar heroin
the next morning chief acevedo continued
to build the narrative we actually
bought black tar heroin at that location
the couple portrayed as drug dealers
without fear of the law male suspect
came from around the back and started an
open fire with a 357 Magnum
a female suspect went towards that
officer reached over the officer and
started making a move for his shotgun on
January 31st chief acevedo revealed
HPD's Narcotics Division began an
investigation after officers responded
to a nine one one call outside the home
weeks earlier the officer wrote a
detailed note within the costly history
to document their actions what they have
learned and what they had done our
investigation revealed the officers call
slip had no details and no police report
was actually filed after that 9-1-1 call
but the story behind the raid really
fell apart the morning of February 15th
Channel 2 investigates learning this
morning there are big problems documents
revealed line cops manufactured an
unlawful warrant giving officers the
green light to go in without knocking
hours after we broke the story chief
acevedo doubled down on his department's
actions it's really important for
community to realize we still had a
reason to be at that home we should not
draw final conclusions as disturbing as
it is until we uncover every single
investigative lead chief you indicated
you had reason to be at that home there
appears to be no reason listed in this
affidavit but to remember that affidavit
one piece of a very comprehensive
investigation five days later the FBI
gets involved they have opened a formal
civil rights investigation district
attorney Kim Hogg's office also is
investigating and announced it's
reviewing more than 2,200 cases tied to
the case agent jailed goings and fellow
narcotics officer Stephen Bryant people
are gonna see what really happened we'll
get to the truth I think you can expect
to see something a case presented or
cases presented to grand juries this
summer
investigators have filed a barrage of
search warrants aimed at Goines and
Bryant seeking data from their phones in
offices this is a very active crime
scene Mike Doyle a lawyer for the
Nicholas family claims his team found
sloppy forensics work at the home
evidence uncollected by investigators
there's bullets still on the walls
there's blood trails all over the house
that there's no indication of DNA being
collected channel 2 investigates is the
only TV station to go inside the home we
did so on April 16th with Cliff Tuttle
look at that
and then 526 what are the shooting that
cliff made his position clear do you
feel that the cops had a reason to be
inside this hole no definitely not
do you trust HPD with their
investigation somebody made a bad
mistake
somebody needs to pay you need the
answers
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one key answer desired why does chief
art acevedo feel that officers still had
a reason to be in the home if flying
cops manufactured a warrant to this day
no reason has been presented meanwhile
narcotics officers Gerald goings and
Stephen Bryant retired after being
relieved of duty
also relieved of duty angel August an
officer involved in the internal
investigation moving forward HPD's
Narcotics Division will have a new
leader effective May the 18th Channel 2
investigates has learned that HPD
commander Paul Follis is being
transferred to Hobby Airport HPD says
mental health division commander William
steini
will be taking over narcotics it is all
part of a department-wide shuffle
involving ten commanders according to
HPD and Bilodeau minicamp become
commander Follis was recently
transferred to Hobby Airport now Mario
HPD has turned over its investigation of
the DA's office was there a deadline
presented at the time bill originally
the chief told me that it would be by
late April at the latest that deadline
is we first reported last week as
diminish paths to May the 15th ok we
just heard what the DA came Oggs says as
well about now summer time for her
office alrighty there's three
investigations here that you have to
keep in mind DA's office is waiting to
get all that information from HPD as
well as to mix that with what they have
a hundred days out from this you want to
get to the bottom of it they're gonna
take their time to make sure that the
whole truth comes out all right Mario
thank you very much