A Harris County deputy is accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar theft from a Houston shopping center operator while serving as the company’s extra job coordinator, prosecutors allege.
Sgt. William A. Vides, 46, is charged with aggregate theft of $300,000 or more and multiple counts of forgery, records show. He has been on administrative leave since December 2024 pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
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His total bond is set at $145,000 in total and he remains in the Harris County Jail.
Prosecutors allege that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 11, 2023, Vides stole more than $2 million from Highland Village Management, LLC. Court filings accuse him of depositing more than 30 forged checks into his personal bank account between 2020 and 2023 as part of the scheme.
At the time, Vides was working as an extra job coordinator for Highland Village Management while serving as a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The charges include allegations of forging checks to obtain cash valued at more than $2,500 and less than $30,000 in one case, and more than $300,000 in another. Court filings describe the allegations as “aggravating facts” due to Vides’ position as a law enforcement officer and the scale of the theft.
Vides was booked into the Harris County Jail on Sept. 9, 2025.