HOUSTON — A Houston police sergeant was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in September, according to Hedwig Village Police Department.
HPD Sgt. Tung Tran. 50, is charged with two first-degree felonies of sexual assault of a child and two second-degree felonies of indecency with a child following a criminal investigation by the Hedwig Village Police Department.
His bond has been set at $260,000 total for all four charges.
HPD Chief Troy Finner said Tran, who was a 23-year veteran of the department, was immediately relieved of duty when the accusations were brought to his attention.
Hedwig Village police said officers were notified of a possible sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl by an adult. After an extensive investigation, charges were filed against Tran.
Tran was then arrested by HPD on Tuesday and remains in the Harris County Jail. He refused to provide any statement to the investigators.
Investigators also said that Tran was a friend of the victim's family and that there is no indication that he used his status as a police officer to allegedly commit the crime.
Chief Finner said that HPD is also conducting their own administration investigation into Tran.
“Due to the ongoing investigations, I want to rest the judicial process and will not comment further,” Finner said in a released statement.
KHOU 11’s Anayeli Ruiz is following this story and will have more coming up in the newscast.