- The family of Floyd Berry shared his obituary.
- Floyd Berry Jr., a native of Pineville, Louisiana, entered this world on August 12, 1970.
- A lawsuit against a former Bexar County deputy was dropped after he passed away while awaiting trial
- He was indicted for carrying out searches on at least six women who came forward in 2019. Sheriff Javier Salazar said there could have been more victims at the time.
Floyd Berry’s obituary was shared by his family.
The funeral services are set to take place at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North 3401 Cherry Ridge Drive, San Antonio, TX, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Escude Funeral Home of Simmesport is overseeing the funeral services.
Floyd Berry Jr., a native of Pineville, Louisiana, was born on August 12, 1970, to Claudette and Floyd Berry Sr. His spiritual journey commenced when the late Rev. Alvin Courtney baptized him at the Greater New Bethel Baptist Church.
Berry graduated from Simmesport High School and pursued higher education at the Southern University of New Orleans and Tulane University. At Tulane University, Berry was appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army.
Post his education, Berry relocated to San Antonio, Texas, where he resided for numerous years. During his time there, he served as a law enforcement officer before transitioning to a Quality Control Supervisor role at Ground Effects, LTD of Toyota.
His departure is an immense loss to his close ones, and he will be deeply missed.
What was Floyd Berry accused of?
A lawsuit against a former Bexar County deputy was dismissed after he died while awaiting trial
As per personnel records, Floyd Berry was slated to stand trial soon after being apprehended and charged in 2019 for carrying out unauthorized strip searches.
He was accused of conducting the searches on at least six women who came forward in 2019. Sheriff Javier Salazar said there could have been more victims at the time.
At the time, authorities stated that Berry would pull women over at the Shell gas station at 1604 and Highway 281, take them into custody, and then drive down the road, pull over, and instruct the women to expose themselves.
In 2010, he was suspended for asking a female deputy to film him strip-searching a male inmate.
According to the 2010 suspension, Berry was interrogated by a lieutenant almost a week after the incident. During the interrogation, Berry stated that he “didn’t believe there was anything wrong with having a female present during the strip search of a male,” the suspension states.
According to the documents, Berry informed the lieutenant that he and the deputy “stood in front of the inmate blocking the (female deputy’s) view of the inmate’s genitals.””
The female deputy initially wrote in her report that, as per Berry’s instruction, the inmate was filmed during the strip search from the shoulders up. Berry allegedly told the female deputy to omit any reference to the incident in her report because he would document the incident himself.
However, Berry never included that the inmate was recorded, let alone strip-searched, the suspension documents state.
The case was dismissed on Tuesday due to Berry’s passing. The cause of his death hasn’t been determined.
