All charges have been dropped against Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’ Chief of Staff Jason Spencer after a grand jury declined to indict him Tuesday.

Harris County Sheriff's chief of staff was arrested for violating a protection order in The Woodlands, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

Harris County Sheriff's chief of staff was arrested for violating a protection order in The Woodlands, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

The man who serves as Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’ chief of staff has been charged in connection to a 2023 incident where a teenager was injured.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has until the end of the month to show state regulators how they plan to move more inmates to other facilities.

Harris County sheriff’s homicide investigators spent several hours trying to piece together why one man was shot and killed at the Terra at Park Row Apartments in west Harris County Tuesday.

KATY, Texas – A child was shot in the head Friday during what investigators believe was a road-rage incident. The shooting was reported about 4:30 p.m. in the 19900 block of Masters Manor Lane in west Harris County. According to Harris County deputies, the incident is believed to have started near the intersection of Greenhouse Road and Park Row. “Another vehicle pulled up close to them, and someone began firing shots from inside the vehicle at that family’s vehicle,” Spencer said. Spencer said the man then jumped back in his vehicle and drove to a nearby hospital where it was found that a 9-year-old girl inside the vehicle had been shot in the head.

HOUSTON – Harris County Jail is not immune to the pandemic as COVID-19 numbers increase statewide, officials said. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said they’re doing their best to reduce the spread while some loved ones of inmates say they’re a little concerned. Harris County is at the top. "Well we’re the largest county jail in Texas by far, said Jason Spencer, a spokesman for HCSO. So, it would make sense that we would have a significant number of people test positive for COVID within the jail.”The Harris County Sheriff’s Office runs the jail in downtown Houston.

HOUSTON – Officials are investigating after a 43-year-old woman was found dead at a northeast Harris County mobile home. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the home located in the 7200 block of Rimwood road at about 7:45 a.m.“Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done to revive her,” said HSCO spokesman Jason Spencer. Deputies said the cause of death appeared to be from blunt force trauma. “She had injuries to her head, I couldn’t say body, that will be determined later when the medical examiner does a full autopsy,” Spencer said. He said multiple family members live at the mobile home.

HOUSTON A Harris County Sheriffs deputy was charged with sexual assault after a woman reported that a uniformed deputy assault her in March, according to the Harris County Sheriffs Office. Deputy Kenneth Reed, 45, was charged with felony sexual assault Monday after a woman reported on March 18 that a uniformed deputy sexually assaulted her with his hands near the 157000 block of Bammel Village Drive. The woman told investigators that she had driven there with plans to take a walk with her young daughter, officials wrote in a release. Now that criminal charges have been accepted, an Internal Affairs review will be conducted and its findings will be presented to the Sheriffs Administrative Disciplinary Committee. Spencer told KPRC 2 that HCSO will release Reeds mugshot once he is booked into Harris County Jail.

HOUSTON – Despite the growing number of jail inmates testing positive for COVID-19, officials with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office believe mass testing is helping slow the spread of the virus behind bars. “We are not seeing an increase in the number of those who are actually sick,” said Jason Spencer, with HCSO. Spencer said 593 inmates have tested positive, 150 are asymptomatic and 14 have been hospitalized. Spencer said 220 members of the jail staff have tested positive, 80 have returned to work. In fact, Spencer said the number of employees returning to work now outpaces those testing positive for the virus.