A former Houston police captain was arrested Tuesday for allegedly aiming a gun at an air conditioner repairman he believed was orchestrating large-scale voter fraud, prosecutors said.
Mark Aguirre, 63, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the October 19 confrontation, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
Aguirre, a member of a group of private citizens conducting their own investigation into an alleged ballot paper, rammed his SUV into the man’s work car – believing the victim was dragging about 750,000 fraudulent ballots, prosecutors said.
The former cop pointed his gun at the technician as he got out of his vehicle and forced him to the ground, prosecutors said.
On the day of the incident, Aguirre received $ 211,400 from the Houston-based Liberty Center for God and Country. The group’s CEO is noted right-wing activist Steven Hotze, The Texas Tribune reported.
In the man’s work truck, police found air conditioning parts and tools, not ballots, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said an investigation found Aguirre’s electoral fraud claims to be unfounded.