APD officer fired for giving sex assault case information to suspect

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin police officer has been fired after he gave secured information to his ex-girlfriend’s son, the suspect in a sexual assault investigation.
Officer Carlos Mayfield was indefinitely suspended — in effect, fired — on Friday, May 5 by Interim Chief of Police Brian Manley.
The case started when a woman reported being sexually assaulted to Austin police on Nov. 18, 2016 but declined to have a sexual assault forensic exam. Days later