A former Houston police captain has been charged after authorities say he held an air conditioning repairman at gunpoint over a voter fraud theory.
According to CBS News, Mark Aguirre, 63, was charged this week in connection with an incident on October 19th. Court documents say Aguirre ran the repairman’s truck off the road, pointed a gun at him, forced him to the ground and put a knee on his back.
The arrest affidavit says Aguirre told investigators he and some associates set up a command post at a Marriott hotel in suburban Houston and watched the man for four days. According to the affidavit, Aguirre claimed the truck held about 750,000 fraudulent mail ballots. Police say a search of the truck turned up air conditioning parts and tools, and no ballots.
Authorities have not identified the repairman, and he was not hurt. The claims about ballots come from Aguirre’s own statements as recorded in the affidavit. Aguirre has not been convicted, and the case is just getting started.
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