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   From: february2025@jail.time   
      
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   Joey Lamar Ellis   
      
   HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A former Houston park ranger accused of using apps to   
   meet up with gay men to rob and sexually assault them was arrested during a   
   court hearing on Tuesday.   
      
   Joey Ellis is now facing federal charges in the case.   
      
   He was in a court hearing for the charges he's facing in Harris County, which   
   are two counts of official oppression and one count of sexual assault.   
      
   Federal prosecutors moved in to indict him on 20 counts, and the FBI said that   
   they indicted him for repeatedly abusing his authority as a City of Houston   
   Urban Park Ranger by stopping, detaining, and assaulting victims who were   
   visiting city parks at    
   night.   
      
   A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Dec. 3, charging him with the   
   20 counts, which, they said, represent the accusations of civil rights   
   violations perpetrated against eight victims.   
      
   They went on to say that in many instances, he allegedly confiscated the   
   victim's driver's licenses or cell phones, threatened them to get towed, but   
   then offered them a way out of getting arrested by either demanding money or   
   sexual acts.   
      
   Ellis' lawyer says his client stands by his innocence, and they will continue   
   to fight these allegations.   
      
   https://abc13.com/post/former-houston-park-ranger-joey-ellis-acc   
   sed-targeting-gay-men-parks-facing-federal-charges/15638036/   
      
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