Plum Grove Police Chief John Joslin, who was just reappointed to the chief position at the Dec. 11 Plum Grove city council meeting, now is facing an indictment in Harris County for Fraudulent Use of Identifying Information. A Harris County grand jury indicted Joslin on Dec. 18, just one week after his reappointment as police chief.
The Harris County indictment is sealed at this time, meaning that specific details contained in the indictment are not yet public. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office and the District Clerk’s Office acknowledged that the indictment will be made public once Joslin is booked in at the Harris County Jail. Joslin’s attorney Chris Tritico told Bluebonnet News that plans are underway for his surrender. Tritico expects that Joslin will be allowed to bond out immediately while the case works its way through the court system.
Kassondra Garcia is listed as a co-defendant in the case. Garcia, who previously worked with Joslin during his first stint as Plum Grove police chief, has already been released on bond. Both Garcia and Joslin more recently were employed by the police department in Coffee City, Texas, which has seen its police chief and former mayor both indicted in recent months.
According to the indictment against Garcia, she and Joslin are accused of the unlawful possession of 10 or more items of identifying information from a period on or about March 11, 2021. The indictment reportedly stems from Garcia’s employment at the Harris County Pct. 3 Constable’s Office, which is not one of the 22 different police agencies where Joslin has worked throughout his three-decade-long career.
Joslin was hired initially by the City of Plum Grove as police chief in January 2021. At that time, the police department, which was first established in the 1970s, had been inactive since 2005. Joslin was hired for the purpose of reestablishing the police department.
After a year on the job, Joslin was fired, two weeks after the City of Plum Grove was notified by the Liberty County District Attorney’s Office that prosecutors would not sponsor him as a witness, absent extraordinary circumstances. However, in a memo dated March 5, 2022, advising Joslin of his termination, former Mayor Barbara Norris also cited his “continued refusal to return city-owned property,” specifically a marked Plum Grove police cruiser that was being used by Garcia.
“Obviously, there may be some concerns regarding the criminality or legality of some of the actions you’ve taken as the chief of police. At this time, the City does not wish to initiate any investigations into the criminality of your actions,” Norris wrote.
After Joslin’s departure, an interim police chief for Plum Grove was appointed. On Dec. 11, Joslin appeared at the City Council meeting and demanded his job back, threatening to sue if he was not reinstated. Council agreed to rehire him; however, he is not yet back on the job as a background check through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) is still pending.
With a new indictment against Joslin, he may be limited on how much actual police work he can perform as a police chief. TCOLE, which regulates the licenses issued to peace officers in Texas, has rules pertaining to peace officers under indictment. These rules spell out that Joslin can serve as a civilian administrator for Plum Grove PD but he cannot perform police duties such as stopping traffic, investigating crimes or making arrests.
Tritico promises to vigorously defend Joslin in the case.
“We haven’t seen anything yet except the complaint. We don’t know why Chief joslin was dragged into an investigation of another officer or what the issue ultimately is in this case. John Joslin doesn’t have anything to do with the investigation of the other officer and this indictment is collateral to the other investigation, so we are not sure at this point what this whole case is about,” Tritico said.
Joslin also is a candidate for Pct. 6 constable in the March primary against the incumbent Constable Zack Harkness.
Yep, one of those secret society mason crooks.
Where did you get the idea that Mason’s is a secret society? You need to fine another label to pin. Keep the Masons out of it..
They are indeed a secret society yep
Perhaps “secretive” is a better word.
Stupidity of some people know no bounds.
Well it definitely looks like he is a crook
This is a real doozy I think she’s the officer who got caught screwing somebody on the city secretary’s desk over here in Plum Grove. And of course good old Barbara Norris will she admitted stealing money from the city in January of 2023 right there in the middle of the meeting. This is going to be hilarious.
No that was Officer Mageli Lopez who was caught having sex with the former judge Mungia (who got ran off) on the desk at plum grove city hall!! Officer Garcia is a whistleblower that’s why they are coming down hard on her. Garcia caught the city secretary missy jo stealing money. Mayor Barbara Norris then came after garcia and joslin, the mayor was later caught stealing money too and for that Garcia and joslin are being retaliated against by Jennifer Bergman and her abuse of official capacity! Get the facts straight before you spread lies.
What a tangled web we weave…. no?
I heard the mayor got caught fing up and and faught for the judge spot and the judge resigned because that shit hole of a town didn’t have the money to cut his check
Correction ex mayor LeAnn she had to jump on her broom and scat but legend has it her black cat is still out there looking for her ratty ass
Well if he is a mason, then I’ll have to agree with Harold because he is damn sure a known crook.
So why was Joslin indicted in Harris County exactly? Because Garcia e-mailed him documents that she should not have sent to him using her Harris County e-mail address? Or because Garcia didn’t return a police cruiser that belonged to City of Plum Grove right after she quit? I am confused how those actions by Garcia should warrant the indictment of Joslin in Harris County. Did Garcia finally return the city’s car? Now frankly, I think it’s a bad look for ANY upright LEO to have any association with Coffee City PD, either currently or in their past… but what are the crimes that John Joslin engaged in that warranted this indictment? That needs clarification! I guess what I’m trying to figure out is what does “Fraudulent Use of Identifying Information” actually mean someone did, like in plain English please. Last night’s city hall meeting in Plum Grove sure seemed to have a lot of big cameras rolling film, for far less “fireworks” than I had expected to see. Clearly a lot more was expected last night.
DB, were you there while Mageli Lopez was having sex on that desk with Troy Mungia? Was it good? How are you so sure that it happened? Please don’t say you seen a video, there’s no video cause that never happened. Not at City Hall at least 😏 All though it would of been something pretty hot to do, mmm 🫦.., but yeah that never happed 😂
You really need a life. I’m not going to be so anonymous like yourself. I’m putting my name as ML, if you’re smart enough you’ll know who I am 😏😘 thank you for making me so famous. Damn, over a year now and you all still talk about me 🥰 feeling special 🤭