The transport to a cell was a short one after the 21-year-old was arrested during his shift at the Harris County Jail on Thursday. He is now an inmate charged with capital murder.
Jarrell Tavon Wheeler was arrested during his shift at the Harris County Jail, accused of robbing and killing Otis Keith Parker in May.A Harris County detention officer has been relieved of duty after his arrest at work Thursday on a capital murder charge.
Records show that Wheeler was arrested during his shift at the Harris County Jail at 1200 Baker Street on Thursday. He waived his appearance in probable cause court that evening. Parker was driving Taylor and another woman home from Baton Rouge with cash the women made from dancing, records state. The messages from Wheeler were sent while he was working at the jail. Records say Wheeler texted one of the accomplices asking if "He got a tool?" He also texted, "Cuz I'm taking everything from everybody."
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