WOW! 2 Officers Connected To 2019 Harding Street Raid Indicted On Organized Crime Charges Gerald Goines and Felipe Gallegos were previously indi

Goines, 56, and Gallegos, 33, are the only officers charged with murder in the raid. Goines, who was indicted on seven counts in state court, is also facing federal charges.
If convicted of murder, Goines and Gallegos could each face up to life in prison.

Prosecutors allege Goines, who led the raid, lied to obtain the warrant to search the couple’s home by claiming a confidential informant had bought heroin there. Goines later said there was no informant and that he bought the drugs himself, they allege. Police found small amounts of marijuana and cocaine in the house, but no heroin.

“We are honored to stand behind Mr. Goines. We are eager to see the evidence in this matter and very much look forward to vigorously defending this good man in court,” Nicole DeBorde, Goines’ attorney, said Wednesday.
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Meanwhile,
Miami's New Police Chief Praised as Progressive but Has History of Controversies
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Art Acevedo, a Cuba-born police chief who has led police departments in Houston and Austin, will be the next chief of the Miami Police Department, city officials announced at a press conference yesterday. The decision to tap Acevedo, who was not part of a months-long interview process the city conducted to replace retiring Chief Jorge Colina, was a surprise to many in Miami.

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