A Dallas police officer, a reserve officer and a civilian employee with the department have been indicted on charges of promoting a pyramid promotional scheme, according to court records.
A Dallas County grand jury handed up the indictments last week for Dallas police Officer Reginald Jones, Reserve Officer Brad Deason and civilian employee Sonja Davis. It was unclear whether Deason and Davis had attorneys.
Chris Knox, Jones’ attorney, said in a prepared statement “this is an unfortunate case, and one where the officers charged did not do anything different than thousands of other people did during the pandemic.”
He said the prosecution was based on “a novel reading of the Texas Business Code” that was inconsistent with how the statute has been applied since 1995.
“Officer Jones has been an exemplary officer during his career with the Dallas Police Department and is looking forward to getting back to work so he can continue to serve and protect the people of Dallas like he has for over 20 years,” Knox said.
Jones is accused of receiving about $48,000 in the scheme, which involved multiple officers and at least 159 participants, according to court records. He called the alleged scheme a “gifting program,” an arrest-warrant affidavit said. The nature of Deason’s and Davis’ alleged involvement was unclear.
Dallas police announced in October that they obtained an arrest warrant for Jones, who has been with the department…
