{"id":265913,"date":"2026-04-25T13:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265913\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:45:09","slug":"search-warrant-details-messages-houston-police-department-lt-quoc-viet-ngo-is-accused-of-sending-undercover-cop-posing-as-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265913\/","title":{"rendered":"Search warrant details messages Houston Police Department Lt. Quoc Viet Ngo is accused of sending undercover cop posing as teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON &#8212; A veteran Texas police lieutenant is accused of broaching pregnancy and marriage with an undercover cop posing as a 15-year-old girl, a newly released search warrant reveals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Houston Police Department&#8217;s Quoc Viet Ngo, 50, was arrested last Friday and charged with online solicitation of a minor after the Precinct 1 Constable&#8217;s Office said he showed up to meet the girl following a series of graphic chats online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the search warrant, the investigation began on April 1. Ngo, posing as a 28-year-old, allegedly messaged the undercover cop to ask, &#8220;Are you cool &amp; open-minded?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators say Ngo made it clear he thought he was talking to a 15-year-old, writing, &#8220;Boo, it&#8217;s risky because ur 15&#8221; and &#8220;Damn &#8230; fine, I&#8217;m gonna make an exception &#8230; Are you attracted to Asians?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The constable&#8217;s office said Ngo sent explicit photos of himself and asked the girl to do the same. According to the warrant, he told her, &#8220;Whenever I feel naughty, I just want to look at you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He&#8217;s also accused of sending a &#8220;comfort level&#8221; questionnaire with a list of intimate acts, asking: &#8220;What are you good at from the list?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">At one point, investigators say Ngo broached the prospect of pregnancy, writing, &#8220;If you get pregnant by me, then I will marry you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ngo asked the girl for her parents&#8217; work schedules and whether they had any cameras installed in their home, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">When he showed up for their meeting, investigators say he brought condoms, alcohol, gummy bears, and donuts as well as a gun and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Following his arrest, Ngo was relieved of his post at Hobby Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He&#8217;s since been released from jail on bond but has been ordered to stay away from anyone under the age of 17 and to stay off the internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Our Houston sister station, ABC13 Eyewitness News, reached out to Ngo&#8217;s listed attorney, Dick DeGuerin, for comment. He said, &#8220;This was a setup from the get-go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8212; A veteran Texas police lieutenant is accused of broaching pregnancy and marriage with an undercover cop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[99425,56,58,57,67674,8063,2543,99239,10051,56505,99424,28],"class_list":["post-265913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-99425","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-pd","tag-houston-police","tag-houston-police-department","tag-houston-police-officer","tag-houston-texas","tag-houston-tx","tag-quoc-viet-ngo","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}