A Harris County grand jury has issued four indictments in connection with a 2020 incident in which Mark Aguirre, a former police captain, ran a man off the road with his vehicle and then pointed a gun at his head in an effort to prove a bogus voter fraud conspiracy.

Grand jurors Wednesday indicted Aguirre, who has also previously been indicted in connection with the incident, and co-defendant Steven Hotze each for Unlawful Restraint, a third-degree felony and Aggravated Assault, a second-degree felony.

Hotze, 71, a Houston resident, was indicted for actions he took in furtherance of the scheme. Aguirre, 64, left the Houston Police Department years before the incident and was working as a private investigator at the time.

Each defendant appeared in state district court today.

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