A former Balcones Heights police lieutenant was arrested this week after being indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence, according to court documents.

Theodore Herrera is accused of destroying a suspected marijuana pipe in October 2023 so that it could not be used as evidence in an investigation, according to the indictment.

Herrera was employed by the Balcones Heights Police Department at the time. He joined in April 2017, according to state online records, and worked with the department until Sept. 4.

He was released from the Bexar County jail on bond, according to court records.

The department has been informed of the indictment, Balcones Heights Police Chief Roger Cavazos said in a statement to KSAT on Wednesday.

“While this indictment represents a significant and serious a

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