The police officer was indicted for the kidnapping and rape of a woman taken into custody after a domestic disturbance call. Although his performance reviews were positive, a 1998 lawsuit accused the officer of bullying and bruising a man during an arrest for speeding. 

In a separate lawsuit, the officer was accused of beating another man in front of his family. Both lawsuits were settled, said the Austin American-Statesman. The officer had also been a suspect in his girlfriend's 1996 murder, though investigators dismissed those charges.