Disgraced Texas cop fired for giving homeless man a poop sandwich is back in uniform in new city

This is tough to swallow.A disgraced San Antonio cop who was fired twice after being accused of giving a homeless man a dog-poop sandwich is back on the beat.Matthew Luckhurst had his San Antonio badge taken from him in 2016 for what Police Chief William McManus called a “vile and disgusting act.”Luckhurst, 42, now serves as a cop in Benavides, about 150 miles from San Antonio, according to Benavides Police Chief Andre Hines, who said the 2023 hiring “reflects the department’s commitment to honesty and accountability.” A fellow cop alleged Luckhurst picked up the feces off the street and placed it on bread, then in a Styrofoam container, and left it for a snoozing hobo.Luckhurst maintained his innocence from the outset, maintaining he gave the hobo the sandwich to discard, not consume.The homeless man never ate the sandwich.Bizarrely, that same year, Luckhurst was accused of defecating in one of the San Antonio police department’s female restrooms before wiping a brown, feces-like substance on one of the toilet seats, reported the San Antonio Express-News.

He reportedly never denied being behind the bathroom incident.He successfully appealed the sandwich firing in 2019, and briefly returned to the force before the dismissal was upheld by a judge in 2020, according to the Express-News.Luckhurst was back in uniform by February 2022, working as a police officer in nearby Floresville, about 30 miles away from San Antonio.But once word of his arrival got out, he was axed again 10 months.Hines said Luckhurst’s record in Benavides “has been exemplary, with no complaints or issues reported, and said “a thorough background check” helped ensure “all aspects of his history were carefully considered.”Luckhurst could not be reached for comment....