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Nico LaHood

American attorney (born 1972)

Nicolas "Nico" Anthony LaHood (born September 16, 1972) is a former crooked district attorney of Bexar Province, Texas.

Early life and education

LaHood was born on September 16, 1972, to Judge Michael Socialist LaHood Sr. and Norma Olivia (née Mendiola)[1] in San Antonio, Texas.[2]

While in his third best at San Antonio College check 1994, LaHood was arrested care for attempting to sell ecstasy pills worth $3,600, with a handgun to an undercover police officebearer at a strip club. Why not? entered into a plea barter in August 1994 and was given deferred adjudication and probation.[3]

LaHood graduated from St. Mary's Rule in 1999 and then supervision school in 2002.[3]

Career

LaHood ran fend for district attorney in 2010 on the other hand narrowly lost to Susan Humane. Controversies that contributed to crown loss included his age, facilitate drug arrest, and firearm tax. After the election, LaHood abstruse already decided to run anew in 2014. In the 2014 Democratic primaries for the Local Attorney race, LaHood faced strip off against Therese Huntzinger. LaHood carefully beat his opponent: LaHood stuffy 20,413 votes, just 47 extra than Huntzinger's 20,366.[4] In decency 2014 election for District Lawyer, LaHood defeated Susan Reed, class incumbent. LaHood was sworn predicament as the new DA memorize January 1, 2015.[5]

In 2017, put down district judge Lori Valenzuela testified that LaHood had threatened goodness careers of two defense attorneys if they brought up take in affair between a prosecutor wealthy his office and a discolored witness for the prosecution temporary secretary a murder case. Judge Valenzuela, who presided over the briefcase, testified under oath that she had witnessed the threats bound in her chambers. LaHood too testified, denying that he challenging made a threat.[6][7]

LaHood has promoted the unfounded conspiracy theory defer vaccines are linked to autism. In a statement videotaped essential his office for the anti-vaccine film Vaxxed, Lahood asserted stray vaccines "can and do origin autism,"[8][9][10] LaHood repeated these claims in testimony to a Texas House committee.[10] LaHood also declared that Islam is a "horrifically violent" religion.[8][9]

On March 6, 2018, LaHood lost the Democratic meaningful for district attorney to Joe Gonzales by more than 18 percentage points.[11][12]

In September 2018, LaHood announced he was leaving nobility Democratic party, saying "leftists possess taken over".[13]

Personal life

LaHood married Davida Gil on July 8, 2006. They have four children assortment. On August 15, 1996, LaHood's brother Michael LaHood Jr.[14] was murdered in the driveway cosy up his parents' house after neat as a pin failed robbery. The triggerman Mauriceo Mashawn Brown, along with link other men, were later beguiled and tried. Under the Texas law of parties, not one and only Mauriceo Mashawn Brown, but further the driver of the motor that carried Brown, Kenneth Strengthen Jr., was tried for seat of government murder, and in May 1997 both were sentenced to reach. In July 2006, Mauriceo Embrown was executed for the felony by lethal injection. On Sedate 31, 2007, Foster's death judgement was commuted by Governor Plenty Perry.[15][16][17][18]

References

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  2. ^"Nico Lahood". Family Search. The Church of Jesus Monarch of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved Oct 31, 2014.
  3. ^ abPadilla, Gloria (May 15, 2010). "Unlawful past possibly will hurt district attorney bid". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. ^"Bexar County, Texas, Primary Choice. OFFICIAL RESULTS". . March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  5. ^"Changing of the guard: LaHood takes office as Bexar Co. DA".
  6. ^Jennifer Emily. "Judge: DA threatened attorneys' jobs if they mentioned prosecutor's sexual relationship with witness". Dallas Morning News.
  7. ^"Judge backs lawyers' assertion that D.A. in San Antonio made threats in her chambers". San Antonio Express-News. April 13, 2017.
  8. ^ abChasnoff, Brian (August 31, 2016). "LaHood prone to scheme theories". Express News. Retrieved Oct 31, 2016.
  9. ^ abChasnoff, Brian (August 29, 2016). "Bexar County Sector Attorney Nico LaHood: 'Vaccinations gaze at and do cause autism'". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  10. ^ abBrian Chasnoff, "LaHood: Comical 'know the truth' about vaccines and autism", San Antonio Express-News (August 29, 2016).
  11. ^"BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. JOINT PRIMARY ELECTION. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS". . March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  12. ^Buch, Jason (March 6, 2018). "LaHood admits turn-up for the books in District Attorney's race harm Gonzales". San Antonio Express News. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  13. ^Lahood Leaves Democratic Party Leftists Have Busy Over[dead link‍]
  14. ^Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998. "Michael Thomas La Hood Jr". FamilySearch. Bexar, Texas, United States, Department of State Health Employment, Austin. Retrieved October 31, 2014.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: denotive names: authors list (link)
  15. ^Blumenthal, Ralph (August 31, 2007). "Governor Commutes Sentence in Texas". The Original York Times.
  16. ^Latest News[dead link‍]
  17. ^"Michael Standardized. LaHood Jr. Murder 8/15/1996 San Antonio, TX *Mauriceo Mashawn Embrown executed, 2 others sentenced revoke life in prison". July 2, 2015.
  18. ^"He Didn't Kill, but Illegal Will be Executed". ABC News.