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SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Three San Antonio police officers are accused of having several women sign contracts agreeing to do anything as part of an investigation, including have sex with them.
Officers Aaron Alford, Alejandro Chapa and Emmanuel Galindo were charged Thursday with official oppression. Chapa and Galindo were also charged with aggravated sexual assault and compelling prostitution.
Police say an investigation began when a woman told Live Oak police in June that she had been sexually assaulted by an officer.
Live Oak Police Chief Ken Evans said four women filed complaints saying they were approached by the officers and told they would be paid for their participation. According to police, the women say they never received payment.
It was not immediately clear if the officers have attorneys.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) —
A man applying to become an El Paso police officer has been arrested on a 1998 aggravated assault warrant in a case where the victim died.
El Paso police arrested 36-year-old Antonio Sanchez Jr. after an officer recognized him from the old case.
Sanchez was indicted in September 1998 on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity-aggravated assault. Police say 19-year-old Jesus Sierra earlier that year was beaten, allegedly by several people, and later died.
Investigators say Sanchez was doing a physical agility test, to enter the police academy, when he allegedly avoided an officer who appeared to recognize him. A records check turned up the old case.
Sanchez was arrested Sept. 18 and freed on $25,000 bond. Online records don't list an attorney to speak for him.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) —
A Texas plastic surgeon accused of hiring a hit man to kill a pathologist who was dating his ex-girlfriend has been released on bond pending retrial.
Thomas Michael Dixon, who's 51, was released Wednesday on an attorney bond of $2 million paid by Dan Hurley, who represented Dixon at the first trial last year. A judge declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
Dixon, whose bond had been $10 million previously, is accused of hiring his business partner to kill Dr. Joseph Sonnier III in July 2012 for three bars of silver valued at $9,000.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reduced Dixon's bond last week, overturning a trial judge and an appeals court.
Testimony in the retrial is set to begin Oct. 26.