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Jury deliberating HPD harassment case
Posted: 10.21.2009 at 4:51 PM
Read more:  Local, Crime, Politics, Alicia Garcia, Captain Ramon Vela, Sexual Harassment, Harlingen Police Department, Federal Lawsuit, Trial, Jury, Andrew Hanen, Harlingen, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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A federal jury is deliberating the fate of a Harlingen police captain accused of sexually harassing a female police officer.

Police officer Alicia Garcia filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Capt. Ramon Vela and the City of Harlingen back in August 2006.

Garcia claims Vela sexually harassed her and turned her down for a promotion because she turned down his advances.

The two faced each in court on Tuesday morning in a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville.

Testimony finished in the case midday Wednesday.

Jurors have spent the afternoon trying to reach a verdict.

Action 4 News will continue to follow the outcome of the case.
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