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2 Officers Indicted In Parking Lot Raid Damage Claims Could Cost City Millions HOUSTON -- A Houston grand jury Friday indicted two Houston police officers, including Capt. Mark Aguirre, who headed the Kmart parking lot raid in which hundreds of people were arrested over the summer. Aguirre and Sgt. Ken Wenzel, who was the field leader for the operation, were each charged with five counts of official oppression. Attorneys on both sides of the case said that they are now watching to see what sort of effects these indictments will have on the police department. "It's going to give a...

Raid at hot dog joint preceded Kmart bust By ROMA KHANNA Houston police Capt. Mark Aguirre, the man who ordered the arrests of 278 people at a westside Kmart last weekend, prodded a local restaurant to allow his officers to conduct a similar raid of its parking lot Saturday in a sting that netted 25 arrests. Officials with the James Coney Island at 5745 Westheimer said they felt used after police swept in and arrested 25 people, some of whom were customers, for criminal trespass. "We were cooperative with the idea (of the raid), but are not necessarily happy with...