Former HPD officer Gerald Goines, now a convicted murderer, enters penalty phase next

A jury found former HPD officer Gerald Goines guilty of felony murder for his role in the 2019 Harding Street raid that killed a couple.

On Wednesday, jurors were convinced Goines lied to obtain a no-knock warrant, leading to the botched drug raid at 7815 Harding Street that ended with the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas and four officers injured in 2019.

During the trial, defense attorneys admitted that Goines did lie but said he did not kill the couple. They focused on what happened when officers arrived, telling the jury Tuttle was the first to fire on officers, which led to the deadly return fire…

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