SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio police officer has been indicted on a charge of tampering with a government record, according to the Bexar County District Attorney.
The officer has been identified as Morgan Lucas.
The indictment alleges that on Nov. 22, 2019, Lucas made a "false entry in a governmental record" while employed.
The report says the "false entry" was Lucas “ran the vehicle’s license plate" using a police computer. "Through the search of the license plate, I observed that the vehicle was associated with AP1, displaying five municipal court warrants."
This case is being prosecuted by the Public Integrity and Cyber Crime Division in the 175th District Court.
Tampering with a government record is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a possible fine of up to $4,000.
The San Antonio Police Department later sent out a press release saying Lucas was suspended without pay on Tuesday after he was indicted. In 2020, the department "launched an administrative and criminal investigation into Lucas after irregularities were discovered during a crash investigation."
The department said they found Lucas was "untruthful when he indicated in an official police report that he and his partner did not pursue a suspect’s vehicle and that he had identified the suspect as having warrants after running the vehicle’s license plate."
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