Veteran Fort Worth police officer arrested, accused of family violence at Azle home
A veteran Fort Worth police officer was arrested after a warrant was issued for him Monday on allegations of family violence at an Azle residence in November 2021.
Fort Worth police identified the officer as Nickolas Honea, 39, of Azle, who has been with the department for 16 years.
Azle police responded on Nov. 30 to a domestic disturbance call at a home that involved Honea.
Fort Worth and Azle police have not released any details on the call.
Honea was assigned to the Patrol Bureau, Fort Worth police said. The department placed Honea on restricted duty; he has been stripped of all police powers during the course of the ongoing criminal and administrative investigations.
At that time, the Fort Worth Police Department Internal Affairs Unit began an administrative investigation.
On Monday, Azle police obtained an arrest warrant for Honea on a charge of continuous violence against family, court records show. He turned himself in to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and remained in the county jail on Tuesday, according to jail records.
An attorney for Honea was not yet listed in court records.
In a Tuesday news release, Fort Worth police officials said, “The Fort Worth Police Department holds its officers to a high standard both on and off-duty, and does not tolerate criminal misconduct or unethical behavior; therefore, a thorough investigation into the circumstances of these allegations is being conducted.”
This story was originally published August 23, 2022 at 9:05 AM.
