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HOUSTON – The operator of a Houston funeral home at the center of a high-profile investigation <\/a>appeared in court Friday, where a judge set her bond at $800,000 and ordered she stays out of the funeral industry while her criminal case moves forward.<\/p>\n Unique Mica Green-Battle faces five felony charges stemming from an investigation that prosecutors say uncovered an alleged scheme to steal more than $2.2 million from a deceased Houston man’s estate using forged documents.<\/p>\n Houston funeral owner accused of forgery <\/p>\n In court:<\/p>\n Friday’s hearing focused on Green-Battle’s bond conditions, not the evidence against her.<\/p>\n A Harris County judge set her bond at $800,000 and ordered she comply with several conditions, including that she cannot work in the funeral industry while the case is pending.<\/p>\n As Green-Battle left the courthouse, she declined to answer reporters’ questions.<\/p>\n “I don’t have anything to say. Get out of my face,” Green-Battle told reporters before leaving with her attorney.<\/p>\n Her attorney later said Green-Battle maintains her innocence and emphasized she is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n The allegations:<\/p>\n According to court documents, prosecutors allege Green-Battle used forged documents, including a fake will, to claim she was the surviving spouse of 78-year-old Lawrence Gammon after his death.<\/p>\n Investigators say she then transferred ownership of Gammon’s home, vehicles and financial accounts, ultimately stealing an estimated $2.2 million from his estate.<\/p>\n The allegations include claims that Green-Battle falsified a death certificate, submitted forged probate documents and used the fraudulent filings to gain control of the estate.<\/p>\n FOX 26 has not independently verified the allegations contained in the charging documents, and the case remains pending.<\/p>\n The investigation:<\/p>\n The charges stem from a broader Houston Police investigation into A Community Funeral Home in Third Ward.<\/p>\n The investigation began after families accused the funeral home of mishandling their loved ones’ remains and stealing the identities of deceased relatives.<\/p>\n During a search warrant executed at the funeral home in 2025, investigators recovered dozens of boxes of cremated remains. Police also seized financial records as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n At the time, Houston police said the investigation remained active while they worked with the Texas Funeral Service Commission.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Green-Battle remains charged with five felony offenses connected to the investigation.<\/p>\n The criminal case is ongoing.<\/p>\n The Source: Harris County probable cause court proceedings on July 31, 2026, Harris County probable cause affidavit, Houston Police Department, FOX 26 Houston reporting and archive coverage of the investigation.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Third Ward<\/a>Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON – The operator of a Houston funeral home at the center of a high-profile investigation appeared in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,10944,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-394217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-thirdward","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394217","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=394217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PREVIOUS:](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gmbcnuaqo4bwl06e.jpg\")
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