Remember Texas state representative Borris Miles (D-Houston) who showed up at a Houston party a few months ago and brandished his handgun, threatened some people, and kissed another man’s wife?
Well, Rep. Miles has been indicted (h/t to Greg at Rhymes with Right):
State Rep. Borris Miles was indicted Monday on two counts of deadly conduct stemming from complaints he brandished a pistol and made threats at a pair of parties last December.
Miles, D-Houston, is expected to turn himself in this week, prosecutor Paul Doyle said. Bail has been set at $2,000. If convicted, each count of the Class A misdemeanor carries a punishment range of up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Ben Hall, an attorney for one of the people who accused Miles of threatening him, said the two counts stem from two incidents.
In the first, Miles is accused of showing a pistol and threatening TSU regent Willard Jackson and his wife during a Rockets/Mavericks game at the Toyota Center, Hall said.
He said the second count is connected to an incident later that night in which Miles is accused of displaying a pistol and forcibly kissing another man’s wife while crashing a party at a St. Regis Hotel ballroom.
Hall said his client, party host David Harris, decided to press charges after a drunken Miles shocked guests with loud, profane language, grabbed his face and planted a Godfather-style “kiss of death” on his cheeks. Harris also said Miles handed him a pistol and declared, “You don’t know what I’m capable of doing.”
Harris said he thought the grand jury made the right decision but said it was not a happy day for anyone involved.
Thankfully, Mr. Miles lost in the primary to win his seat back. That should make it a lot easier on everybody else when he goes to jail. No need for a special election to replace him or anything messy like that.
