CORSICANA, Texas (AP) — An East
Texas police officer has been charged in a reckless driving investigation
prompted by the death of an Iowa motorist who witnesses say was run off the
road.
Ernesto Fierro turned himself
in at the Parker County jail Thursday and later was released on an $85,000
bond. He's charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, official
oppression and three counts of reckless driving.
The officer in the town of
Malakoff, 70 miles southeast of Dallas, was off-duty riding his personal
motorcycle when the December incident occurred in Navarro County.
Seventy-year-old William
Livezey, along with witnesses, called 911 claiming Fierro was trying to force
Livezey off the road. When deputies arrived, Livezey was in handcuffs and said
he wasn't feeling well.
He was taken to a hospital
where he died.