AUSTIN, Texas: A grand jury on Monday indicted a Texas sheriff on an evidence-tampering charge amid investigations into the death of a Black man in police custody.
Williamson County records show Sheriff Robert Chody is facing the third-degree felony charge that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He was booked into his jail Monday on a $10,000 bond.
In June, Williamson County prosecutors announced an investigation involving possible tampering with evidence” following the death last year of Javier Ambler. The 40-year-old Black man died after Williamson County sheriffs deputies repeatedly used stun guns on him, despite his pleas that he was sick and couldnt breathe.
Travis County prosecutors are separately investigating the use of force in Ambler’s death.
The jail records do not specifically link the charge…