HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County detention officer is on administrative leave for allegedly driving drunk, crashing into a homeowner’s fence, and leaving the scene on Sunday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
Gerardo Segundo, 21, who has worked for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for three years, is charged with misdemeanor DWI, authorities said.<\/p>\n
More than a day later, pieces of a pickup were still scattered outside Alfonso Pineda’s Humble-area home.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video captured blinding headlights, an engine revving, and then the crash that woke Pineda and his family around 1:50 am. on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“It was getting really close, really loud. When the tire kept spinning, like 30 seconds later we heard boom, the biggest boom we could have heard,” Pineda told Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n
By the time he got outside, the driver was gone, but a truck bumper was left behind. That was not the only clue.<\/p>\n
“He thought he could get away,” Pineda said.<\/p>\n
According to court records, deputies from the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office followed a trail of liquid from the crash scene to a home just a few streets away. There, they found a damaged pickup, court records say, and brought it back to the scene to match the parts left behind.<\/p>\n
“Luckily, they got to the truck. They found the truck and got to the person,” Pineda said.<\/p>\n
ABC13 has learned Segundo is not only a neighbor of Pineda’s but also a Harris County detention officer.<\/p>\n
“I did not know that,” Pineda said. “It would have been way better for him if he would have just stayed.”<\/p>\n
While Segundo refused a field sobriety test, he was still charged with driving while intoxicated. Court records note bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and an odor of alcohol.<\/p>\n
During a probable cause hearing, a magistrate addressed a separate, more serious allegation that Segundo intentionally damaged the fence.<\/p>\n
“Sir, at this time I’m going to find no probable cause,” the magistrate said.<\/p>\n
The magistrate said prosecutors had not provided sufficient evidence of criminal mischief, and that second charge was dismissed.<\/p>\n
No one answered at Segundo’s home on Monday, and online records did not list an attorney of record.<\/p>\n
Pineda estimates the damage at $3,000. He said he is grateful the truck did not hit just a few feet over, where he and his wife were asleep on the other side of the wall.<\/p>\n
“It could have been a lot worse,” Pineda said.<\/p>\n
Segundo is on leave, pending his court proceedings, HCSO said.<\/p>\n
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