A Harris County grand jury declined to indict Turkey Leg Hut founder Nakia Holmes on charges that she attempted to help her boyfriend avoid police as they were looking to arrest him on kidnapping and assault charges.
The grand jury no-billed the charges on Friday. Holmes announced the decision herself in a post on Threads, the social media site.
“No indictment. No charges. No case,” she wrote. “Today, a grand jury returned a no-bill after reviewing the evidence. What was said about me didn’t always match the truth, but I stayed quiet, complied and trusted the process.
“Now the truth has spoken.”
On Oct. 15, Holmes, 45, was charged with one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon.
She was accused of helping a man, Johnathan Saizon, attempt to avoid police who were looking for him. On Oct. 8, Saizon was accused of beating an ex-girlfriend with a tire iron while free on bond for earlier felony charges. He was wanted for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault of a family member, as well as violating his bond conditions.
Holmes was arrested after Harris County deputies received a tip that Saizon was at her home on Blue Wood Aster Court, in the Bridgeland area of west Harris County.
As deputies were staking out the house, Holmes and Saizon’s mother left the home and began driving away, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies pulled the car over and asked Holmes if anyone was in the home. She said no, according to the sheriff’s office.
During the traffic stop, however, Saizon was seen leaving the back door of the home and jumping over fences, according to the sheriff’s office. He was arrested shortly after leaving the house.
Deputies wrote that Holmes initially refused to answer questions and then denied a person was in the home, according to the sheriff’s office. She later told deputies that she knew Saizon was at the home and that he asked her to leave to check if police were around. She said she didn’t know if Saizon was still in the home after she returned.
Holmes is not alleged to have been involved in the kidnapping or assault. Saizon has been held in the Harris County Jail since October.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.