{"id":459195,"date":"2026-10-07T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459195\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:36:11","slug":"former-tarrant-county-detention-officers-accused-of-using-excessive-force-against-inmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459195\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tarrant County detention officers accused of using excessive force against inmate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; Two Tarrant County detention officers are no longer employed after their arrests for allegedly using excessive force against an inmate last month.<\/p>\n<p> Tarrant County detention officer arrests   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7cd900ff-WEB-jail-prison-bars_1444244181872_317653_ver1.0_640_360-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Jail records show that two former Tarrant County detention officers, 34-year-old Anthony Avalos and 38-year-old Osiris Longo, were arrested on September 3 by the Tarrant County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The two suspects were arrested after a TCSO investigation into allegations of excessive force used against an inmate at the Tarrant County Jail.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Both were charged with assault causing bodily injury and official oppression.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Prior to the completion of the TCSO investigation, Longo resigned from his position. Avalos was fired following the completion of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tarrant-county-sheriff-generic.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The details surrounding the incident that led to Avalos and Longo&#8217;s arrest aren&#8217;t publicly known.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">&#8220;The actions of these detention officers is completely contrary to the values and professional standards expected of every employee of the Tarrant County Sheriff&#8217;s Office,&#8221; Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said in a statement. &#8220;We have a duty to ensure the safety, security, and constitutional rights of every person entrusted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from the Tarrant County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarrant County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; Two Tarrant County detention officers are no longer employed after their arrests for allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,1046,223,122,216,393],"class_list":["post-459195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-tarrant-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459195","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=459195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}