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A former Lewisville police officer has been indicted on a third-degree felony stalking charge after a local woman accused him of doing so for months while on duty last year.
On Dec. 6, Lewisville police announced Filemon Perez, 32, was facing sexual assault and official oppression charges after allegedly sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman while in uniform. A day later, Kristen Mims filed a separate stalking complaint against him, according to records previously obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
A grand jury on June 25 indicted Perez, who worked as a Lewisville patrol officer from May 2023 to December 2024, court records show. On Thursday, he appeared briefly in the 362nd District Court in Denton for an initial hearing but did not enter a plea.
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Bruce Isaacks, his attorney, said a grand jury is a less rigorous process than a trial.
“Generally, a grand jury will spend maybe five, maybe 10 minutes on a case,” he told The News. “All they’re looking for is to decide whether or not a felony probably occurred and whether or not at least nine of them think that the person charged is probably the person who committed the offense.”
Perez is scheduled for an announcement hearing Sept. 18.
Meanwhile, the Denton County District Attorney’s office has not brought the sexual assault and official oppression charges to a grand jury. First Assistant Criminal District Attorney Jamie Beck said in a statement to The News on Monday her office intends to use all available evidence at trial, if there is one.
Isaacks said he does not anticipate additional indictments out of the Denton County grand jury. He also said the woman alleging sexual assault, whose identity is not publicly known, later told Lewisville police internal affairs investigators the interaction was consensual.
Tre Matthis, a Lewisville police spokesperson, said the department had no comment.
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Mims, a 28-year-old single mother who works from home, wasn’t present at the hearing. But she said she has been nervously monitoring how the case unfolds.
“It’s very nerve-wracking all the way around,” she said. “There’s always that fear of you don’t want someone to retaliate against you.”
In a previous interview with The News, Mims said Perez responded to a domestic dispute between her and an ex-boyfriend in April 2024.
The former officer then repeatedly returned to her home over the next months, Mims said. She said she initially thought of them as checkups but that the unexpected visits later “creeped” her out. In one instance shared with The News, Mims’ Ring camera captured footage showing a uniformed officer looking at the door and then walking away without knocking at around 1:36 a.m. Aug. 23.
“Are you awake,” she said in a text to her friend a minute later. “… I’m scared.”
Mims said she initially didn’t know if Lewisville police would take her experiences seriously. But she hurried to file her complaint after learning that Perez was also facing a sexual assault charge in connection to another woman’s police report on Nov. 28.
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Days after the Dec. 6 police announcement, Perez turned himself in to the Denton County Jail while facing the sexual assault and official oppression charges. He was released after quickly posting bail of $155,000.
In addition to these cases, three women talked to Lewisville police about their separate encounters with Perez while he was on duty, according to records previously obtained by The News. These incidents reportedly took place between November 2023 and September 2024.
Two of the women told The News Perez had pulled up to their cars in his marked police vehicle for a traffic stop or to ask about an unrelated situation. Then, they said, he began asking personal questions such as whether they had boyfriends.
Perez also received a written reprimand for failing to turn on his body-worn camera or generate a call for service during traffic stops in February and September 2024, police records show.
“In both instances, the female citizens reported feeling uncomfortable with Officer Perez’s personal questions, unrelated to any possible traffic infraction or official capacity that he may have been operating under at the time,” read the reprimand signed Sept. 25.
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Mims said Lewisville police could have more publicly addressed developments that arose after their Dec. 6 announcement about Perez, like her complaint. The announcement didn’t touch on any of the reports about his conduct toward women during traffic stops.
“After they posted about his resignation and what not, that’s where they kind of felt like they did their job and were done,” she said. “Anything that happened after that, people don’t really know about.”
Mims said seeing a police officer in her neighborhood can still bring her “a little bit of shock.” Still, she said there had been a noticeably reduced police presence in the area since Perez’s resignation.
“I never, ever saw police cars over here anymore,” she said. “I thought when I first moved here, that was just a common thing.”
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A former Lewisville police officer has been indicted on a third-degree felony stalking charge after a local woman accused him of doing so for months while on duty last year.
On Dec. 6, Lewisville police announced Filemon Perez, 32, was facing sexual assault and official oppression charges after allegedly sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman while in uniform. A day later, Kristen Mims filed a separate stalking complaint against him, according to records previously obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
A grand jury on June 25 indicted Perez, who worked as a Lewisville patrol officer from May 2023 to December 2024, court records show. On Thursday, he appeared briefly in the 362nd District Court in Denton for an initial hearing but did not enter a plea.
Related:Ex-Lewisville cop faces new stalking report following on-duty sexual assault allegation
Breaking News
Bruce Isaacks, his attorney, said a grand jury is a less rigorous process than a trial.
“Generally, a grand jury will spend maybe five, maybe 10 minutes on a case,” he told The News. “All they’re looking for is to decide whether or not a felony probably occurred and whether or not at least nine of them think that the person charged is probably the person who committed the offense.”
Perez is scheduled for an announcement hearing Sept. 18.
Meanwhile, the Denton County District Attorney’s office has not brought the sexual assault and official oppression charges to a grand jury. First Assistant Criminal District Attorney Jamie Beck said in a statement to The News on Monday her office intends to use all available evidence at trial, if there is one.
Isaacks said he does not anticipate additional indictments out of the Denton County grand jury. He also said the woman alleging sexual assault, whose identity is not publicly known, later told Lewisville police internal affairs investigators the interaction was consensual.
Tre Matthis, a Lewisville police spokesperson, said the department had no comment.
Related:Affidavit: Ex-Lewisville officer helped woman home before sexually assaulting her
Mims, a 28-year-old single mother who works from home, wasn’t present at the hearing. But she said she has been nervously monitoring how the case unfolds.
“It’s very nerve-wracking all the way around,” she said. “There’s always that fear of you don’t want someone to retaliate against you.”
In a previous interview with The News, Mims said Perez responded to a domestic dispute between her and an ex-boyfriend in April 2024.
The former officer then repeatedly returned to her home over the next months, Mims said. She said she initially thought of them as checkups but that the unexpected visits later “creeped” her out. In one instance shared with The News, Mims’ Ring camera captured footage showing a uniformed officer looking at the door and then walking away without knocking at around 1:36 a.m. Aug. 23.
“Are you awake,” she said in a text to her friend a minute later. “… I’m scared.”
Mims said she initially didn’t know if Lewisville police would take her experiences seriously. But she hurried to file her complaint after learning that Perez was also facing a sexual assault charge in connection to another woman’s police report on Nov. 28.
Related:How much touching is too much in a prostitution sting? Lewisville cops didn’t know either
Days after the Dec. 6 police announcement, Perez turned himself in to the Denton County Jail while facing the sexual assault and official oppression charges. He was released after quickly posting bail of $155,000.
In addition to these cases, three women talked to Lewisville police about their separate encounters with Perez while he was on duty, according to records previously obtained by The News. These incidents reportedly took place between November 2023 and September 2024.
Two of the women told The News Perez had pulled up to their cars in his marked police vehicle for a traffic stop or to ask about an unrelated situation. Then, they said, he began asking personal questions such as whether they had boyfriends.
Perez also received a written reprimand for failing to turn on his body-worn camera or generate a call for service during traffic stops in February and September 2024, police records show.
“In both instances, the female citizens reported feeling uncomfortable with Officer Perez’s personal questions, unrelated to any possible traffic infraction or official capacity that he may have been operating under at the time,” read the reprimand signed Sept. 25.
Related:Records: Two women complained about ex-Lewisville cop before alleged sexual assault
Mims said Lewisville police could have more publicly addressed developments that arose after their Dec. 6 announcement about Perez, like her complaint. The announcement didn’t touch on any of the reports about his conduct toward women during traffic stops.
“After they posted about his resignation and what not, that’s where they kind of felt like they did their job and were done,” she said. “Anything that happened after that, people don’t really know about.”
Mims said seeing a police officer in her neighborhood can still bring her “a little bit of shock.” Still, she said there had been a noticeably reduced police presence in the area since Perez’s resignation.
“I never, ever saw police cars over here anymore,” she said. “I thought when I first moved here, that was just a common thing.”
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