7 former Houston police officers involved in Harding Street raid reindicted in alleged overtime scheme

HOUSTON – A Harris County grand jury has reindicted seven former Houston police officers, who were involved in the deadly Harding Street raid, in connection to an alleged overtime fraud scheme.

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These are the seven former officers who were reindicted and their charges, according to court records:

• Hodgie Bernard Armstrong, Jr (retired, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity, tampering with records, theft by a public servant.
• Thomas Alan Wood (retired, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity, tampering with records, theft by a public servant.
• Clemente Robles Reyna, Jr (retired, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity, three counts of tampering with records, theft by a public servant.
• Nadeem Ashraf (resigned, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity.
• Frank Medina (resigned, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity.
• Oscar Pardo (resigned, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity.
• Griff Maxwell (retired, no longer with HPD) - Engaging in organized criminal activity.

All the officers indicted have court dates set for Oct. 18.

Shortly after former Houston Police Department narcotics officer Gerald Goines was handed his 60-year prison sentence, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said she planned to go after members of Goines’ team with “organized crime” charges, tied to the alleged overtime fraud scheme.

“People want to believe in the police. That is who we are trained to trust from the time we are little,” Ogg said. “So imagine the damage done to the communities in Houston that suffered under Squad 15 and under Gerald Goines for the last twenty years.”

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Just minutes after Goines was sentenced, Ogg announced her intentions to continue investigating 10 other members of Squad 15, despite their previous indictments being dismissed by a judge.

“Their indictments remain quashed, but those investigations remain open on the other ten members of Squad 15,” Ogg said. “I hope they hear me.”

Although her time in office is nearing an end, Ogg made it clear she plans to see this investigation through.

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“It will be during my term,” she insisted. “Whatever the incoming DA determines to do with this case, they will have to answer to the community.”