Former EPD Officer Steven Ou files lawsuit against City, BCSO, Abreo, Coffee

Former Elgin Police Officer Steven Ou has filed a lawsuit against the City of Elgin, the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, former Bastrop County Sheriff Rosanna Abreo and former City Manager Jeff Coffee.

City Council members were informed of the lawsuit at Tuesday's meeting.

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Bastrop County, TX: (May-16-08) Charlie Littleton, a former Bastrop County jail administrator, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the county in 2007, stating that several county employees improperly used county equipment and funds, as well as inmate labor to build barbecue pits for profit and do other work on private property.

The allegations were brought against several officials including a former County Commissioner David Goertz and former Sheriff Richard Hernandez. Littleton filed the ...
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A civil lawsuit has been filed by former Bastrop County Sheriffs Officer Miguel Johnson against the County, alleging discrimination based on national origin, according to his attorney, Shane Boasberg.

Johnson was terminated from his job as deputy March 28, 2008, after being hired in October of 2005. He has alleged that then Sheriff Rosanna Abreo hired and/or promoted eight or nine other Caucasian males outside of the agency into the detective position ahead of Johnson.

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The careers of two former Bastrop County elected officials have ended.

Each one pled guilty to official corruption charges against them in May of 2007.

Former Sheriff Richard Hernandez, 52, who had served in that capacity since 1997, was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 10 years of probation and will forfeit his peace officer's license. Hernandez pleaded guilty to six felony counts, including theft by a public servant, abuse of official capacity and misapplication of fiduciary property, according ...

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Elgin Police Department, a small community in Bastrop County, Texas, which has been known for various issues of corruption over the years, is once again in the spotlight.  This time, for the firing of one of its highest-rated officers, Steve Ou.  From information gathered through various internet sources, Officer Ou has consistently posted one of the highest if not the highest number of narcotics arrests for Bastrop County.  This is not to say he is overzealous but simply that he is doing his...
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