A long time police officer of the Harris Area Constable’s Workplace has actually been billed with numerous felonies associated with a claimed embezzlement plan at a high end Houston shopping mall, according to court documents.
Sergeant William A. Vides, 44, encounters 3 bogus fees and one matter of felony burglary complying with an examination right into his period as head of protection procedures at Highland Town Shopping mall, according to authorities. The burglary fee alone entails greater than $300,000, according to Harris Area court papers.
The Harris Area Constable’s Workplace verified to ABC Information that Vides has actually gotten on management leave considering that December 2024 pending an interior events examination.
” The searchings for of that examination will certainly exist to the constable’s management self-control board to establish whether any type of plans were gone against and whether to suggest any type of corrective activity, approximately and consisting of feasible discontinuation,” Harris Area Constable’s Workplace, Elder Replacement Thomas M Gilliland informed ABC Information.
Court documents reveal Vides is charged of carrying out a “plan and proceeding training course of conduct” to misuse funds from Highland Town in between January and August 2023. The shopping mall’s proprietor, Haidar Barbouti, is detailed as the plaintiff.
Vides is presently being kept in the Harris Area Prison on bonds completing $145,000, with his following court look set up for Sept. 30, 2025.
Court papers from a civil claim submitted by Highland Town Monitoring LLC affirm Vides embezzled greater than $4.38 million with a plan including one more previous staff member.
According to the claim, Highland Town intends to recuperate the taken funds and enforce a useful trust fund on numerous buildings apparently acquired with the embezzled cash, consisting of homes in Rosenberg and Richmond, Texas.
Highland Town asserts Vides utilized his setting to provide deceptive repayments to himself and dealt with a number of organization entities, consisting of Will certainly Vides Feature LLC and WV Solutions LLC, to hide the funds.
In reaction to the claim, Vides and his services refute doing anything incorrect. His attorneys assert that Highland Town learnt about all the repayments made to Vides which he made the cash relatively with his job. They additionally say that Highland Town’s very own bad administration methods brought about any type of economic issues, not Vides’ activities.
The claim additionally asserts he misstated overtime hours and built look for individual gain.
The criminal fees versus Vides consist of burglary of $300,000 or even more, one matter of bogus to acquire property/services in between $2,500 and $30,000, and 2 matters of bogus to acquire property/services in between $750 and $2,500.
The Houston Authorities Division, that made the apprehension, is managing the criminal examination.
ABC Information has actually connected to Vides’ lawful depiction for remark. Vides has actually begged innocent to his 4 fees.
