The Travis County District Attorney's office announced a new charge against Robert Chody on Nov. 9, adding conspiracy to tamper with evidence to the list of charges against the former Williamson County Sheriff.
Chody was initially indicted in Travis County on March 31 with evidence tampering charges in the case of Javier Ambler II, who died in 2019 after being tased by Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Travis County. Chody was charged alongside Jason Nassour, former general counsel to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office, who has also been reindicted on conspiracy charges.
“These cases were reindicted to better clarify conduct that we believe violated the law,” said Dexter Gilford, director of the Civil Rights Unit at the Travis County DA's office, in a statement.
Chody and Nassour are alleged to have intentionally destroyed audio and video recordings of the events leading up to Ambler's death. The recordings in question were made in connection with "Live PD," a documentary series on the A&E network that shadows law enforcement officers during nighttime patrols. The reindictment on conspiracy charges further alleges that Chody and Nassour entered an agreement with Big Fish Entertainment LLC to destroy the unaired footage, knowing it related to an ongoing criminal investigation.
