Former Officer Eldues Capture W/ Help of Another Officer
Bogany, also a former officer for Cleveland Police Department, was charged with Aggravated Kidnapping and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon after he reportedly kidnapped his former girlfriend and held her at gunpoint. She was uninjured in that altercation and Bogany was arrested for his actions. Bonds were set at $10,000 for the Aggravated Kidnapping charge and $100,000 for the Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge. He was released after posting bond.
Late last week, an all-points bulletin was issued for Bogany's arrest after he is said to have violated the terms of his bond by contacting the woman again.
Bogany eluded capture until Wednesday evening when he and four others were arrested at a home in Indian Hills Subdivision, a few miles west of Livingston.
Bogany and the officer who resigned also are former employees for the Onalaska Police Department. Bogany was working for there at the time of his arrest. The Cleveland officer who resigned Thursday had been with the department for several months.
Bogany was arrested Dec. 4 on a warrant for aggravated kidnapping after Candis Yevett Robinson was taken at gunpoint from Brookshire Brothers in Porter, according to affidavits filed in connection with the case.
An additional second degree felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was filed Dec. 5 and bond was set at $100,000.
Bogany was released from the Polk County jail on bail Dec. 8.
The incident that constitutes violation of his conditional release is under investigation by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Polk County investigators viewed security video from the store that showed Bogany speaking with the victim on the morning of Dec. 3 when he received a phone call from Onalaska Police Chief Ron Gilbert telling him that a protective order had been filed against him.
The affidavits also state that Bogany left the store in the victim’s car and later returned. Another car was parked in the spot where the victim’s car had been parked and Bogany is shown waiting for the car to leave to put the car back where it was.
Bogany is later shown getting into the back seat of the victim’s car and never showed him getting out.
The victim said when she got into her car, Bogany placed a black and silver pistol against her right side, grabbed the steering wheel, pressed the accelerator and told her to keep driving or he would kill her.
She added that he told her she was going to drive to a road in San Jacinto County where he would kill her and himself.
She was forced to drive to Bogany’s brother-in-law’s house. The victim was able to call her father, but Bogany took the phone away and began arguing with the victim’s father.
He chased the victim around the kitchen pointing the gun at her and continuing to threaten to kill her, affidavits show.
Witnesses at the residence said they did not interfere because they “knew in his heart” he would shoot the victim and them as well.
After Livingston police received a call about the incident, Officer Scott Paske went to the residence and picked up the victim and brought her to the police department to give a statement to two Polk County sheriff’s deputies.
Officers noted new bruises on the victim’s arms and scratches to her right shoulder and neck.
Onalaska Police Chief Ron Gilbert said Bogany’s employment with the department was terminated when the arrest was made.
A black and silver HK .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol was recovered from the Livingston residence of Bogany’s brother-in-law and matched the description given by the victim.
Investigators from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office found Bogany’s vehicle in Porter across from the Brookshire Brothers store.
Deputies also videotaped a demonstration using the victim’s car where an officer the size of the suspect crawled into the trunk of the car and used latches to let down the back seat and crawled from the trunk to the back seat of the car.
Interesting Twist of Events Below as the Brotherhood Prtects On of Their Own........
By VANESA BRASHIER, Editor
12/26/2007
A Cleveland police officer resigned Thursday amid questions that he may have helped abet a fugitive. The officer, after being questioned by Texas Ranger Ron Duff, tendered his resignation, effective immediately, to Cleveland Police Department Chief Ike Hines.
On Friday, Hines was asked for details about the situation, but could offer only that the officer had indeed resigned.
Little is known at this time about the reasons for the officer's quick departure, but it is believed he may have impeded law enforcement from capturing Gregory Ross Bogany.
Bogany, also a former officer for Cleveland Police Department, was charged with Aggravated Kidnapping and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon after he reportedly kidnapped his former girlfriend and held her at gunpoint. She was uninjured in that altercation and Bogany was arrested for his actions. Bonds were set at $10,000 for the Aggravated Kidnapping charge and $100,000 for the Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge. He was released after posting bond.
Late last week, an all-points bulletin was issued for Bogany's arrest after he is said to have violated the terms of his bond by contacting the woman again.
Bogany eluded capture until Wednesday evening when he and four others were arrested at a home in Indian Hills Subdivision, a few miles west of Livingston.
Bogany and the officer who resigned also are former employees for the Onalaska Police Department. Bogany was working for there at the time of his arrest. The Cleveland officer who resigned Thursday had been with the department for several months
