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Trial Starts for Former Houston Police Officer Charged with Murder after No-Knock Raid
AmmoLand ^ | September 14, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 09/20/2024 5:17:27 AM PDT by marktwain

On September 9, 2024, the murder trial of Gerald Goines started in Houston, Texas, more than five years after the killings. The former Houston Police officer, undercover officer, and narcotics squad leader, was charged with the murders of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nickolas.

On January 28, 2019, undercover Houston drug police raided the residence of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, both 58 years old. Both of them and their dog were killed. The raid was caused by a neighbor who lied about the Tuttles, and Officer Gerald Goines lied on an affidavit to obtain a no-knock warrant.  From Houstonpublicmedia.org:

During the hearing on Monday, Goines’ defense team acknowledged that the former officer had fabricated a story about a confidential informant purchasing heroin from the couple’s home, but claimed that the murder charges were excessive — “a case of overcharging,” according to attorney Nicole Deborde Hochglaube, who’s representing Goines.

After opening statements, prosecutors questioned Sarah Sanchez, who had lived on Harding Street during the incident and was close with both Tuttle and Nicholas.

Prosecutors questioned Sanchez about Patricia Garcia, a neighbor who made three 911 phone calls on the evening of Jan. 8, 2019, in which she told police that her daughter was doing heroin inside the couple’s home and that the couple were drug dealers and had guns inside their home.

Investigators eventually found that Garcia had no daughter and that her other claims were also false. She was the first person to be sentenced in connection with the deadly raid in June 2021.

“She was always fighting with Rhogena, always jealous of Rhogena,” Sanchez said during Monday’s hearing. “She was very hateful.”


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Goines was wounded and could not talk in the hospital. Much harder to organize a coverup when you cannot talk.
1 posted on 09/20/2024 5:17:27 AM PDT by marktwain
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What does the body cam show? Also,he was given incorrect info before the raid...that would work in his favor if I was a juror. But the body cam would also be very important.


2 posted on 09/20/2024 5:20:03 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: marktwain

Is the neighbor in prison yet?


3 posted on 09/20/2024 5:22:57 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you"e)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He also lied on the affidavit to secure the no-knock warrant. He’s guilty of all three murders.


4 posted on 09/20/2024 5:25:07 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Why would incorrect info work in his favor? The police are supposed to investigate and verify the infos given…esp before they kick in doors.


5 posted on 09/20/2024 5:26:14 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: marktwain

The 911 caller...

Federal Judge George Hanks sentenced Garcia to 40 months in federal detention and three years probation.


6 posted on 09/20/2024 5:28:13 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

She got 40 months in Federal detention.


7 posted on 09/20/2024 5:29:32 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If the DNC would spay and neuter their supporters we wouldn't need all these abortions.)
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To: marktwain

The apparent protocol that every 911 call or tip must be believed is questionable.

Anti gun nazis will report an open carry as brandishing so the cops show up and bother the falsely accused, even if they see no evidence of brandishing themselves. A report from someone can be used to justify an investigation at a minimum.

Sort of like the way they like the seatbelt laws - so they can legally do a stop to find evidence of a bigger crime.


8 posted on 09/20/2024 5:31:17 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: PubliusMM

Did he lie? Or did he include the information the confidential informants gave him, which was a lie unknown to him? Important difference.


9 posted on 09/20/2024 5:31:36 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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From the article:
“During the hearing on Monday, Goines’ defense team acknowledged that the former officer had fabricated a story about a confidential informant purchasing heroin from the couple’s home,”

Seems pretty clear...


10 posted on 09/20/2024 5:35:15 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“ During the hearing on Monday, Goines’ defense team acknowledged that the former officer had fabricated a story about a confidential informant ”


11 posted on 09/20/2024 5:39:04 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

That’s what I think should happen


12 posted on 09/20/2024 5:40:34 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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[She got 40 months in Federal detention.]

Not long enough but it’s a start.

Thanks for noting


13 posted on 09/20/2024 5:41:51 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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14 posted on 09/20/2024 5:43:47 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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defense team acknowledged that the former officer had fabricated a story

This admission alone shows PreMeditation and the DEATH PENALTY should be the only sentence available.
15 posted on 09/20/2024 5:46:19 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Gay State Conservative

He needs the electric chair.


16 posted on 09/20/2024 5:46:57 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Houston Woman Sentenced For False 911 Calls Sparking Fatal Harding Street Drug Raid (June 9, 2021)

“Patricia Garcia is the first person who has been sentenced in connection with the deadly raid in which Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, were fatally shot on Jan. 28, 2019.”

“A woman (Patricia Garcia) was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and four months in federal prison for making false 911 calls that ultimately resulted in a 2019 drug raid by Houston police that killed both homeowners.”

“More than 160 drug convictions tied to Goines have since been dismissed by prosecutors.”


17 posted on 09/20/2024 5:47:25 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Yes.

Per the posted excerpt.

18 posted on 09/20/2024 5:50:06 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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He “had fabricated a story about a confidential informant purchasing heroin from the couple's home.”

He lied about buying drugs from his trusted, confidential informant.

19 posted on 09/20/2024 5:51:24 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: SaveFerris

I guess 16 months was the max but she really pissed off the judge and he slammed her. It’s good to know we’ve got a judge like that.


20 posted on 09/20/2024 5:58:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If the DNC would spay and neuter their supporters we wouldn't need all these abortions.)
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