Missouri City police officer, Houston mayoral candidate charged with assaulting boyfriend
HOUSTON - A Missouri City Police Officer and Houston Mayoral candidate has posted bond after being charged with assaulting her live-in boyfriend.
One of her campaign slogans is "Back the Blue but not bullies in blue," but now she's accused of at least two acts of violence, including allegations of using her police-issued baton and taser in domestic disputes.
Robin Williams, 32, appeared in probable cause court Wednesday morning, where her bond was set at $15,000. She was arrested Tuesday after being charged with felony continual assault of a family member.
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Court documents detail complaints from her live-in boyfriend, also described as her fiancé in the court appearance after a deputy with the Harris County Precinct 7 Constable's Office was called out to Williams’ home and Deputy J. King was assigned to the case.
The 32-year-old allegedly got home in the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve, and the two got into an argument. The boyfriend accused Williams of punching him in the mouth, causing his lip to bleed. The documents say she also assaulted him with her police baton.
According to the boyfriend, this wasn’t the first time.
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The boyfriend then also shared video with the deputy from a separate incident at the same home on Aug. 4 of last year.
According to the officer who reviewed the video, Williams is seen wearing a Missouri City Police Department shirt and using her police baton to hit him several times in the body and legs while he recorded her with his phone.
According to court documents, she could be heard threatening to kill him and yelling that he broke her phone and that it was worth more than $2,000.
The boyfriend complained the incident left knots on his body and told the officer about another incident in the same month. According to court documents, the boyfriend said that after another argument, she went to the bedroom, grabbed her taser and shot him with it.
There were multiple attempts to contact Williams by Deputy Kind and William's employer, MCPD Sgt. Maxheimer but she never answered their calls.
According to reports, Sgt. Maxheimer informed King there had been a taser deployment from her department-issued taser, and he also noticed the original cartridge issued to Williams was not the cartridge in her taser. Maxheimer also stated that Williams never reported a discharge of her taser to their department.
On Wednesday, Deputy King reportedly received a call that Williams would be at the Missouri City PD at 2:30 pm., so Precinct 7 deputies arrived at the station and waited for her. When Williams arrived, she was placed under arrest.
These incidents reportedly happened after Williams announced her run for mayor — her campaign posts going as far back as the Spring 2022.
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According to her campaign, she has worked with the Red Cross and served with the Marines on active duty for four years.
The judge has ordered her to have no contact with the boyfriend, and she is not allowed to have a firearm.
"When we hear cases of domestic abuse, we typically think of women as the victims, because in most cases women are victims, but men are domestic violence victims as well," said Chau Nguyen, a trauma therapist with JEM Wellness & Counseling.
"This is a double whammy. This is a woman in a position of power when it comes to being a law enforcement officer, and allegedly using her weapon against her partner, is pretty outrageous and pretty egregious," Nguyen continued.
Nguyen said men who find themselves in similar domestic abuse situations, should not be ashamed to come forward or report the incidents, as the number of victims are much higher than most would expect.
"From what we know, one in three men are victims of domestic violence, but that number could be bigger because often times, there is a stereotype, a stigma, that men will not report their domestic violence, abuse to authorities, or to others, or to their friends because they're ashamed, or they're embarrassed. How could you be hurt by a woman? How could you be beaten up? How could you be abused? Men don't like to talk about it," Nguyen said.
In a statement released by William’s mayoral campaign on Monday night, the officer apparently dislocated her shoulder and injured her hand, knee and elbow, while responding to an alarm call that resulted in an ambush on December 31st; the same day as one of the alleged abuse complaints listed in court documents.
FOX 26 reached out to Williams' campaign manager for additional comment Wednesday, but so far, no other responses have been provided. It's unclear if she will continue her run for Houston mayor.