{"id":73293,"date":"2025-07-18T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/73293\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:13:09","slug":"harris-county-sheriffs-office-deputy-accused-of-exposing-himself-inside-houston-dollar-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/73293\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy accused of exposing himself inside Houston dollar store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A Harris County sheriff\u2019s deputy has been arrested, accused in a 2024 incident where he allegedly exposed himself inside a Houston dollar store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Court documents say Michael Fontenot Jr. is charged with indecent exposure. His bond was set at $100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The documents allege a 40-year-old woman was in the same aisle with Fontenot at the dollar store. Fontenot allegedly had his genitals exposed. The woman said he did not make eye contact with her, but she quickly looked away and went and told a store employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The woman was able to get the make and model vehicle as well as the license plate number and it came back to Fontenot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In a photo lineup, the documents say the woman was able to identify Fontenot as the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2 captured Fontenot in court today. His attorney said he was declining to comment, and records show he is out on bond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office told KPRC 2 that Fontenot has been working in a normal capacity in the months since the arrest warrant was issued on April 9. HCSO said it was unaware of the situation until Fontenot\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HCSO also provided the following statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Good morning. Michael Fontenot was relieved of duty on July 13 and temporarily assigned to an administrative role with no law enforcement duties. The sheriff\u2019s office administrative disciplinary committee will review the evidence gathered during an ongoing an internal affairs division investigation to determine whether further action, including possible termination, is warranted.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A Harris County sheriff\u2019s deputy has been arrested, accused in a 2024 incident where he allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":73294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4219,20882,4345,51247,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-73293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-hcso","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-indecent-exposure","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114875597276589152","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}