ICE officer charged in Texas after allegedly hitting man with vehicle

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was charged with a felony for allegedly hitting a man with a vehicle in Houston earlier this month, a Texas district attorney announced Friday.Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said ICE Officer Mario Alberto Morales was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.Teare said if convicted, the punishment would be a prison sentence lasting between two and 20 years.Teare accused Morales of hitting Miguel Parra-Hernandez, a 48-year-old Mexican national who the district attorney said has been living in Texas for more than 30 years without documentation. Parra-Hernandez doesn't have a criminal record and didn't have a deportation order against him at the time of the incident, Teare said.The district attorney said Parra-Hernandez, who is in ICE custody, is missing court dates for deportation proceedings because he isn't able to leave a rehab facility where he is recovering from his injuries.Teare expected that Morales would be taken into custody relatively soon, but possibly not on Friday.

Prosecutors have been in contact with Morales' attorney, Teare said.Morales engaged in a pursuit of a vehicle being driven by Parra-Hernandez on Oct. 10. During the pursuit, Parra-Hernandez and another person fled the vehicle on foot. At a news conference Friday, a video was played showing the moments when Teare