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HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 1 DEPUTY WHO DIED BY SUICIDE WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE, POLICE SAY
May 21, 2021
Ninfa Saavedra
Click 2 Houston
Liberty County – A Harris County Precinct 1 Deputy who died by suicide was also being investigated for several allegations of sexual abuse involving minors, according to the Alvin Police Department.
On Wednesday morning, after an attempted traffic stop in north Liberty County, Precinct One Deputy Constable Robert Johnson sparked a standoff with deputies and threatened to take his own life.
Alvin police said during the standoff, Johnson made several phone calls and confessed to the allegations of sexually assaulting minors. Police said he also implicated other