A Harris County grand jury indicted ICE agent Mario Alberto Morales for aggravated assault
An ICE agent, Mario Alberto Morales, was indicted by a Harris County grand jury on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge after a crash on Clay Road in Houston. His attorney called the crash an accident, not a crime, and said Morales would turn himself in Monday.
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ICE agent Mario Alberto Morales, charged with aggravated assault after a Houston crash, will turn himself in Monday, his attorney said. A Harris County grand jury indicted Morales on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge stemming from a crash on Clay Road. Morales’ defense attorney, Lindenmuth, called it an accident, not a crime, saying a man fled a lawful detention and Morales had to swerve to avoid hitting a vehicle head-on. The man, identified as Parra Hernandez, told deputies that Morales “threw the car” at him, according to a Harris County Sheriff’s Office incident report reviewed by The Associated Press. The report also says Morales told deputies he did not brake before hitting the man, but did not intentionally strike him.
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- @ABC30 on X — ABC30 Fresno on X: "An ICE officer charged with aggravated assault after he ran over a man with his car in Houston will turn himself in on Monday, according to his attorney. https://t.co/k51Ef0HZAJ" / X
- fox26houston.com — Houston ICE agent's attorney responds to indictment | FOX 26 Houston
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PBS NewsHour reports that Morales’s attorney said he would turn himself in Monday, and FOX 26 Houston independently confirms the same claim. ABC30’s X post and PBS NewsHour’s Facebook post also state the claim, but do not establish separate independent reporting.