Houston police officer Robin Williams, who is running for mayor, is accused of assaulting his boyfriend with a baton and a stun gun.

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A police officer running for mayor of Houston under the “Back to the blue but not the hoodlums in blue” campaign slogan was arrested Tuesday and charged with assaulting his boyfriend with a baton and a stun gun, Harris County said. court records.

Robin Williams, 32, an officer with the Missouri Police Department, has been charged with a felony charge of continuous violence against a family member. Court documents show that she allegedly punched her boyfriend in the mouth and stabbed him with a department-issued baton in the early hours of Dec. 31 at their Houston home — four months after she allegedly beat him with a baton and used a taser on him.

According to court records, Williams posted a $15,000 bail to be released from prison, which did not list her lawyer as of Wednesday.

“We have no comment at this time,” Williams campaign manager Julia Williams said late Wednesday morning. “We’ll be there soon.”

The Missouri City Police Department, in a statement released Wednesday, said Robin Williams was arrested at the department’s headquarters on Tuesday by a Harris County 7 constable who is leading a criminal investigation. The department did not immediately respond to emailed questions to determine her current employment status and how long Williams has been an officer there.

Williams’ campaign sent out a press release on Monday – the day before her arrest – saying she “suffered a dislocated shoulder and minor injuries to her arm, knee and elbow” while working as a police officer and answering a phone shortly thereafter. 2 a.m. December 31st. On Wednesday, Julia Williams did not say whether this happened before or after her alleged altercation with her boyfriend.

The Missouri City Police Department did not immediately respond to an emailed question asking for confirmation of the workplace incident.

“The alleged offense happened on December 31st, as did her accident,” Julia Williams said. “We have no other comments on this matter.”

During an interview about the row on December 31, Robin Williams’ boyfriend told a deputy constable that she allegedly shot him with her stun gun last August, according to an affidavit filed with the court. Her boyfriend also showed the deputy an Aug. 4 video allegedly showing Williams hitting him in the body and legs with a police baton while wearing a Missouri Police Department T-shirt.

It is claimed that in the video, Williams could be heard making a threatening comment as well as telling her boyfriend, “…you broke my phone and you know I’m a police officer.” .

Williams, who has not held public office, has been campaigning since last year to become the next mayor of Houston. Her campaign website says she served in the US Marine Corps before becoming a police officer.

On her campaign website, she writes, “I want to stop crime and keep the people of Houston safe… There is no place for a bully in society, and I plan to work towards that.”

Williams had received nearly $189,000 in donations in September last year, according to the only campaign finance report she filed with the city. According to the report, that amount included a $52,700 contribution from herself, as well as a $3,009 donation from her boyfriend.

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