Robert Chody

"Today's announcement that charges will be streamlined for both counties jointly to prosecute is one we see as a more efficient — and ideally expeditious — path to justice," Ambler's family said in a statement Wednesday.

The 40-year-old Black man from Pflugerville died while in the custody of Williamson County sheriff's deputies. The encounter was filmed by a television crew from "Live PD."

The law, named for a Black man who died after being tasered by Williamson County deputies, would prohibit law enforcement agencies from entering into contracts with reality television shows.

The court indicted Chody on a third-degree felony charge of tampering with physical evidence.

Under the former sheriff's watch, the office has been criticized for its contract with the reality show "Live PD" and the death of a 40-year-old Black man in custody.

Lee esta historia en español. Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was indicted Monday on charges of tampering evidence in the case of Javier Ambler, a…

The reality cable show "Live PD," which filmed the death of a black Pflugerville man in custody of Williamson County deputies, has been canceled, A&E…

Members of the Williamson County Commissioner's Court are calling for Sheriff Robert Chody to resign over the death of a black Pflugerville man who was…