Gerald Goines, the former Houston Police Department officer convicted in the murders of the couple killed during the botched Harding Street raid in 2019, appeared in federal court Friday morning.
Goines pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law, resulting in bodily injury.
In September 2024, Goines was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas during a no-knock raid on Harding Street.
During the nearly five-week trial, we learned that Goines, a former HPD narcotics officer, lied about the affidavit that was used to obtain the deadly no-knock warrant on Harding Street. In the affidavit, Goines claimed the couple was drug dealers and that one of his CIs had purchased heroin from them.
The deadly raid left five officers, including Goines, injured.
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