LIBERTY, Texas – A Liberty police officer has been suspended after accusations he accessed the father of three children who were pulled from a pond last week while he was in jail on unrelated charges.

The city of Liberty confirms Lt. Ramiro Lozano has been suspended pending an internal investigation.

The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office says Lozano accessed Domingo Quintana, who is the father of the three children who were pulled from the pond last week, without permission while he was in custody at the Liberty County Jail. The sheriff’s office says Lozano came up to the jail asking to speak to Quintana and he was granted access, but it is unclear who allowed him to speak with him.

Quintana was in custody at the jail last week on unrelated charges of cruelty to non-livestock animals. He

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