A former Houston police officer, who was at the center of a deadly drug raid in 2019 that exposed corruption within the police department's narcotics unit, has recently had two murder charges against him dismissed by a judge.
The officer, Gerald Goines, had been set to stand trial on two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, during the raid. Prosecutors alleged that Goines had obtained a search warrant under false pretenses, leading to a fatal encounter where the couple and their dog were shot. However, only small amounts of marijuana and cocaine were found in the house.
