The former chief of the disbanded Coffee City, TX police department was booked in the Henderson County jail Wednesday morning on charges of tampering with government records. The Coffee City Council fired JohnJay Portillo on Sept. 12, two weeks after KHOU 11 Investigates exposed questionable hiring practices by the chief. More than half of the department’s 50 officers in the tiny town of barely 250 people had been suspended, demoted, terminated, or dishonorably discharged from their previous law enforcement jobs. In a rare move, city council members also voted unanimously to disband the entire police force. Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/former-coffee-city-police-chief-felony-charges-khou-11-investigation/285-d2081e53-7db5-4213-b182-6ee1a97d78d0 Subscribe to the KHOU 11 News YouTube Channel | https://bit.ly/2GCgSZ0 REMEMBER: KHOU 11+ is always streaming on Roku, FireTV and Apple TV! http://khou.com/Plus Follow KHOU 11 News on social! ➡️FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/khou11 ➡️TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/khou ➡️INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khou11 Visit our website: https://www.khou11.com