Apartment security guard accused of breaking in, assaulting man in northwest Houston complex

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A security guard hired to protect residents at a northwest Houston apartment complex is now accused of breaking into an apartment and assaulting one of the very people he was supposed to protect, according to residents.

Jordan Dickerson faces two charges, including burglary with intent to commit a felony, stemming from a bizarre incident that unfolded over the weekend at an apartment complex near West Gulf Bank Road and Veterans Memorial Drive.

According to residents, what began as a casual game of Uno between neighbors quickly escalated into chaos. Katricia Charles said early Friday morning, one of her neighbors, who had been playing Uno, left her apartment to go home. As she stepped outside to convince her neighbor to stay a bit longer, Charles said Dickerson, who was working as a security guard at the complex, suddenly forced his way into her apartment.

"He just went in," Charles said. "My daughter came around the corner and said, 'Mom, Larenzo and the security officer are arguing and tussling in the front living room.' I was shocked because I had just been in there."

Larenzo Smith is Charles's boyfriend. He was inside the apartment when Dickerson allegedly barged in.

"He beat on the door, and I opened the door," Smith recalled. "He said something, I said something back, and he deployed the Taser and told me get on the ground, and I looked at him like, for real? But I complied. I put my hands behind my back."

Smith says Dickerson handcuffed him, escorted him downstairs, and then pushed him face-down onto the parking lot. Smith suffered scratches to his face and shoulder. Charles says she immediately called 911.

"Who wants someone to come into your home, in the privacy of your home, and get arrested and handled the way he did?" Charles said.

Despite the accusations, another security guard working at the complex defended Dickerson's actions.

"You don't think he should be charged?" ABC13 asked security guard Lorenzo Thrash.

"No, not at all," Thrash said. "I don't know really what took place, but I know he probably made the right call by doing what he did."

Houston police said Dickerson was wearing a body-worn camera during the incident. Investigators reviewed the footage and said the video did not match Dickerson's account of what happened.

ABC13 reached out to the security company, but has not yet heard back.

For news updates, follow Miya Shay on Facebook, X and Instagram.