The chief of staff for Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Jason Spencer, was arrested again, this time for reportedly violating a protective order. Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies apprehended the 51-year-old in The Woodlands after he was found parked outside a residence he was barred from approaching, the sheriff's office reported in a social media post.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Spencer's skirmish with the law occurred Friday before 4:00 P.M., when deputies located him sitting in his car outside the very two-story home included in the Harris County district court's protective order. Spencer, who formerly worked as an assistant city editor for the Houston Chronicle before his tenure at the Harris County Sheriff's Office, has been in hot water since early May after being charged with injuring his son in a 2023 incident.
Back in September 2023, Spencer's teenage son claimed his father escalated an argument over a sibling dispute to physical violence, including throwing a plastic gun case at him, which ultimately caused the child to tumble down the stairs, this was per court documents. The teen’s medical records, revealed by investigators, showed injuries of various degrees from abrasions to a hematoma. Despite these accusations, Spencer's defense lawyer Murray Newman stated that the sheriff's official loves his children and maintains his innocence.
The latest arrest stemmed from an episode where Spencer was ostensibly at his ex-wife's abode to collect his younger son for a scheduled visitation. His law firm explained, "There are no allegations of any type of threatening or harassing behavior, and he was waiting for his son inside of his car parked on the street in front of the house at the time he was arrested," according to ABC13. Nevertheless, despite the firm’s statement, Spencer was detained and booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
Spencer has been chief of staff for Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez since rejoining the office, and the sheriff's office previously stated he would remain on the job while his court cases progressed.
