Former BCSO deputy charged with tampering with evidence during 2019 use-of-force incident

A former Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy was charged with tampering with evidence after turning off another deputy’s body camera during an assault on a jail inmate, the sheriff’s office said in an email Thursday.

Brandon Lee Doege, 27, was fired from the department on April 27 of this year after an investigation into a May 2019 use-of-force incident that was caught on camera. In the video, Doege can be seen reaching up and switching off another deputy’s body camera, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

“Not acceptable, just not acceptable that he did that in an effort to keep evidence from being captured,” Salazar said.

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“There is no way he can claim an accident, it was pretty clear cut what he did in attempting to turn it off,” the Sheriff added.

The BCSO Public Integrity Unit conducted a separate internal investigation and charges were filed in July 2019 with the Bexar County District Attorney.

On Wednesday, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned two indictments in the case: tampering with evidence, which holds a penalty of two to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, and official oppression, which holds a penalty of up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.

Doege was arrested without incident at the Bexar County Satellite Court on Thursday.

Salazar said the former deputy is in the process of trying to get his job back, but the sheriff has “zero intention” of allowing it.

The department also filed cases with the District Attorney Officer for tampering with a governmental record, for assault and for official oppression.

Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for MySA.com | [email protected] | @TaylorPettaway

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