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Lawmaker Indicted In Gun Incident

POSTED: Monday, April 14, 2008
UPDATED: 6:27 pm CDT April 14, 2008

An arrest warrant was issued on Monday for state Rep. Borris Miles, accused of deadly conduct, KPRC Local 2 reported.

A Harris County assistant district attorney said that Miles was indicted in connection with two incidents in December where Miles was accused of pulling out a gun in a threatening manner.

A Houston woman and her husband filed suit against Miles earlier this year, asking that he be tested for sexually transmitted diseases and claiming he forced a kiss on the woman at a holiday party.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office investigated the complaint that Miles entered a St. Regis Hotel ballroom uninvited, confronting guests, displaying a pistol and forcibly kissing the woman.

He is also accused of pulling a gun on a TSU regent's wife at a Rockets game at the Toyota Center the same night.

He was indicted on two counts of deadly conduct, a Class A misdemeanor, officials said.

If convicted, Miles, 42, faces up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.

Miles currently represents District 146, which spreads across southwest Houston, including Sunnyside and the Third Ward.

He lost the March primary to former District 146 state Rep. Al Edwards.

"There's a warrant out for his arrest and he has to be processed in order for him to deal with the case," said Paul Doyle, a Harris County assistant district attorney.

Miles owns a local insurance company.
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