According to local12.com, citing KVEO, former Edinburg police officer Kristopher Guzman, 29, pleaded guilty Oct. 26 to invasive visual recording, a state jail felony. An Edinburg Police Department report says that during an overnight shift on Jan. 31, 2026, Guzman got into a colleague's patrol car while she was handling a call, took her phone and used his own phone to photograph intimate images stored on it. The report says he later admitted this to her. He surrendered his law enforcement license, and prosecutors dismissed a misdemeanor computer security charge. The Hidalgo County district attorney told KVEO the deal is deferred and does not result in a conviction. Guzman received five years of community supervision, a $1,000 fine and 120 hours of community service.
Why it matters
The case involves an officer using access gained while on duty to violate a colleague's privacy, and it ended in a guilty plea and loss of his law enforcement license. The district attorney said the plea is deferred and does not result in a conviction.
Charged: Prosecutors filed criminal charges. A charge is not proof of guilt, and the person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Researched with AI assistance from the sources listed here and reviewed under our methodology.