Cypress has more than 200,000 residents and no city police department or city court. That means every criminal charge that starts with an arrest in Cypress — by the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the Precinct 4 or Precinct 5 Constable, DPS, or Cy-Fair ISD Police — is filed by the Harris County District Attorney and heard 25 miles away at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, 1201 Franklin Street in downtown Houston. Brian Foley and Luis Baez are former Harris County prosecutors who tried cases in those courtrooms for years, and our office at 310 Main Street is two blocks from the courthouse.
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Criminal Cases We Defend for Cypress Residents
Cypress's master-planned communities — Bridgeland, Towne Lake, Fairfield, Coles Crossing, Blackhorse Ranch, Cypress Creek Lakes — along with the US-290 and Grand Parkway retail corridors and one of the largest school districts in Texas, produce the same core charges we defend across Harris County:
- DWI — First Offense, DWI Second, and Felony DWI on US-290, SH 99, FM 1960, Barker Cypress, Fry Road, and Spring Cypress
- Assault Family Member, Aggravated Assault, and protective order and bond condition violations
- Theft and shoplifting from Houston Premium Outlets, the Fry Road and Barker Cypress centers, and the 290 corridor
- Possession of Marijuana, THC vapes and edibles (Penalty Group 2), Xanax and other Penalty Group 3 drugs, and Possession of a Controlled Substance, including Cy-Fair ISD student cases
- Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Evading Arrest, Criminal Trespass, and Deadly Conduct
- Solicitation of Prostitution stings along US-290 and FM 1960
- Burglary, Robbery, Murder, and other felonies
Who Polices Cypress
Understanding who arrested you matters, because each agency writes reports, handles video, and works with prosecutors differently.
Harris County Sheriff's Office. HCSO's District 5 patrol covers most of Cypress from the Cypress substation on Telge Road. HCSO deputies wear body cameras, and HCSO's DWI Task Force works US-290 and the Grand Parkway on weekend nights.
Harris County Precinct 4 Constable. Precinct 4 is the largest constable's office in Texas and provides contract patrol to many Cypress neighborhoods north of US-290 and along FM 1960 and Louetta. Precinct 4 runs its own DWI, narcotics, and human-trafficking (solicitation sting) units.
Harris County Precinct 5 Constable. Precinct 5 patrols the southern and western Cypress area along Fry Road, Barker Cypress, and the Grand Parkway, and is one of the most active DWI enforcement agencies in Harris County.
Texas DPS. Troopers work US-290 and SH 99 and make a large share of the DWI and drug-interdiction stops on those highways.
Cy-Fair ISD Police. A licensed police department with jurisdiction on Cy-Fair campuses and buses; student marijuana, THC vape, and assault cases usually start here and are filed in Harris County like any other case.
What Happens After a Cypress Arrest
Booking. Class A/B misdemeanor and felony arrestees are transported to the Harris County Joint Processing Center at 700 N. San Jacinto Street in downtown Houston. The drive from Cypress is 45 minutes or more, and processing on a busy weekend night can take twelve hours or longer.
Magistration and bond. Within about 24 hours a Harris County magistrate finds probable cause, sets bond, and imposes conditions. Under Harris County's misdemeanor bail rules most first-time misdemeanor defendants are eligible for release on a general order bond or personal bond without paying a bondsman; felony bonds are set by schedule and can be lowered by motion. In a family-violence case the magistrate will almost always issue an emergency protective order. A lawyer at this stage can argue for a lower bond and reasonable conditions and keep the client from making statements that hurt the case.
First court setting. Two to four weeks after release in the assigned County Criminal Court at Law or felony District Court. Nothing about guilt is decided that day; the case is reset for the State to produce the offense report, body-camera video, and lab results, and the defense begins.
DWI Enforcement in Cypress
US-290 and the Grand Parkway between Cypress and the Beltway are among the most heavily patrolled DWI corridors in Harris County, with DPS, HCSO, Precinct 4, and Precinct 5 all making arrests. Harris County runs No Refusal periods on holidays and most weekends: if you refuse a breath test, the officer calls a judge for a blood warrant and a nurse draws blood at the jail or a hospital. Brian Foley and Luis Baez both served on the Harris County District Attorney's Vehicular Crimes Team and know exactly how these cases are built — the standardized field sobriety tests, the Intoxilyzer 9000 breath test, and the blood-draw warrant, chain of custody, and lab analysis — and where they break down. Every DWI arrest also starts a 15-day clock to request an Administrative License Revocation hearing to save your license, which we handle in every case.
Cypress Courts and Agencies
- Harris County Sheriff's Office, Cypress Substation — 16715 Clay Road, Houston, TX 77084 (District 5)
- Harris County Precinct 4 Constable — 6831 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379
- Harris County Precinct 5 Constable — 17423 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77094
- Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 and Precinct 5 — Class C misdemeanors and traffic tickets in Cypress
- Harris County Criminal Justice Center — 1201 Franklin Street, Houston, TX 77002 (all Class A/B misdemeanors and felonies) — see our court-by-court guide
- Harris County Joint Processing Center — 700 N. San Jacinto Street, Houston, TX 77002 (booking, magistration, and release)
Why Cypress Clients Hire Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys PLLC
Brian Foley is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and served as a Felony Chief Prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Luis Baez is a former Trial Bureau Chief. Between them they have handled thousands of Harris County cases from both sides of the courtroom and know the judges, coordinators, and prosecutors in every court at 1201 Franklin. We serve Cypress, Bridgeland, Towne Lake, Fairfield, Jersey Village, Copperfield, and all of the Cy-Fair area.
Call or text (713) 703-1718 or contact us online for a free, confidential consultation.