Georgetown, Texas: Sheriff Robert Chody Indicted For Tampering w/Evidence In Death Of Man In Custody

Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody​

Texas Sheriff Indicted For Tampering With Evidence In Death Of Man In Custody

The Williamson County Sheriff was indicted by a grand jury Monday on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by the police reality TV series “Live PD,” prosecutors said Monday. Sheriff Robert Chody was booked Monday into his jail on a $10,000 bond and released a short time later. The third-degree felony charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The indictment comes as prosecutors in Austin separately investigate the use of force in Ambler’s death in March 2019, when the 40-year-old ...

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