HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’ chief of staff was arrested again in The Woodlands Friday after violating an emergency protection order, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
According to documents, on May 24, at 3:54 pm, Deputies from the MCSO arrested Spencer, 51, for violating an order of emergency protection. Deputies were dispatched to a home in The Woodlands after receiving a call that Spencer was at the residence in direct violation of a protection order.
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According to police, deputies found Spencer sitting in his car outside the home when they arrived. He was detained while the protection order was verified. Spencer was arrested and transported to the Montgomery County Jail for violating the protective order.
UPDATE: Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland of the HCSO issued the following statement to KRPC 2:
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is aware of today’s arrest of Jason Spencer. Based on standard HCSO protocol, he will be relieved of duty and an internal investigation will be initiated. The results of the investigation will help determine any potential policy violations and/or disciplinary action
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The attorney representing Spencer, Murray Newman, sent the following statement to KPRC 2.
Mr. Spencer went to the home of his ex-wife to pick up his younger son for a planned visitation at the time he was arrested. There are no allegations of any type of threatening or harassing behavior, and he was waiting for his son inside of his car parked on the street in front of the house at the time he was arrested.
Spencer was charged in connection to a 2023 incident where a teenager was injured. He posted a $2,500 bond after turning himself in for the injury to a child charge. Court documents say the original incident happened on Sept. 15, 2023.
According to the documents, Spencer grabbed the then 14-year-old boy by his hoodie and slammed him against a bedroom wall. The boy then fell and hit his head on a bed frame. The boy allegedly told police he ran downstairs trying to get away, at which time Spencer grabbed a plastic gun case and threw it at him, causing him to fall down the stairs and land on his face. Spencer then allegedly held the boy down by his arms while he was on the floor.
The documents say the teenager had bruising to his back as well as multiple abrasions, bruises, as well as a small hematoma to his skull. He also had multiple abrasions to his left wrist, right arm, back and face.
Newman released this statement regarding the arrest:
It is an unfortunate occurrence that in some family court cases, a party will try to use the criminal justice system to gain an advantage in a non-criminal case and that is what we believe has happened here, Jason has cooperated with the investigating authorities completely in this matter and he turned himself into the court this morning to address these charges in court. We believe that once these allegations are more closely examined the facts will show that he simply did not break the law. He loves his children and will not be commenting any further about the facts of this case.
UPDATE: A statement was released from Ann Hobbs on behalf of the family of the victim:
“The lies intentionally released by the attorney for [Spencer] are blatantly false and clearly published to sway public opinion in effort to malign due process of law in the criminal matter. Mr. Spencer did not and would never have been give permission for any reason to be at the home of the minor victim because he was under Magistrate’s Order for Emergency Protection which he signed himself specifically prohibiting him from being there – it states ‘the Defendant is prohibited from:
● going to or near the residence of a member of the family or household or of the protected individual, specifically, within 200 feet of residence, to-wit, or at any address the protected individual may reside.’
Additionally, Defendant JASON GLENN SPENCER was NEVER given permission of any kind to be there - Mr. Spencer was sent written instruction by the mother of the children to whom the Harris County courts issued a copy of the same Order for Emergency Protection ‘Quit telling our children you will pick one of them up when it is not your right to do so…do not put our children in the middle of anything.’”