{"id":384943,"date":"2026-07-24T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384943\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:33:19","slug":"harris-county-sheriffs-office-sergeant-faces-multiple-charges-relieved-of-duty-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384943\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office sergeant faces multiple charges, relieved of duty, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 23, 2026 9:40PM<\/p>\n<p>Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas  (KTRK) &#8212; A Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office sergeant was arrested on Thursday morning, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The deputy was identified as Sgt. Freder Munoz, who now faces charges of assault family violence, terroristic threat, and unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to FBCSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to HCSO, Munoz has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">At this time, details are limited in the sergeant&#8217;s case as an investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, July 23, 2026 9:40PM Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[135699,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-384943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-135699","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384943","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=384943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}