In a recent ruling, Harris County Judge Veronica Nelson has dismissed the 2021 indictments against nine former Houston police officers concerning an overtime fraud scheme that surfaced during the probe of the Harding Street raid, as reported by the Houston Chronicle. The judge determined the charges were excessively vague, making it unclear how the indicted officers should prepare for their impending trial in September, and thereby granted a motion to quash these indictments, ending several of the charges presented.

Although some charges against these officers—Hodgie Armstrong, Nadeem Ashraf, Felipe Gallegos, Cedell Lovings, Griff Maxwell, Frank Medina, Oscar Pardo, Clemente Reyna, and Thomas Wood—were dropped, allegations including tampering with governmental records and theft still stand, meanwhile Judge Veronica Nelson had previously quashed felony murder indictments against veteran police officer Gerald Goines in a related matter and his trial proceedings with a newly worded indictment are expected to begin this week with jury selection; this development was detailed by the Click2Houston.

The dismissed cases originated from the fallout of the infamous Pecan Park drug raid, which tragically resulted in the deaths of two civilians and uncovered alleged misconduct including an overtime scheme that followed. District Attorney Kim Ogg has expressed intent to take these cases before a grand jury once more, affirming, "The defendants have had (five and a half) years to raise objections about lack of notice," and asserting their awareness of the exact nature of the charges they face.

Following the judge's decision, Doug Griffith, head of the Houston Police Officers' Union, who was seen in court embracing and shaking hands with the accused officers, reaffirmed his belief in their innocence, telling the Houston Chronicle, "I have presented the DA's office with everything they need to prove that this was not an offense, there was zero intent and there was zero theft or fraud," and held an expectation to be able to testify again once a new grand jury was convened, banking on the assurance by retired police Chief Troy Finner that the officers acted according to a pattern of practice at the time.