An off-duty Central Texas police officer gave a teenage runaway a ride to Austin about 10 days before a college student was slain and the youth was later charged in the killing.
KVUE-TV and the Austin American-Statesman reported that Georgetown police said the officer broke no policies by helping 17-year-old Meechaiel Criner.
Criner remained in custody Friday, facing a murder charge in the death of University of Texas student Haruka Weiser. Her body was found April 5 in a creek.
Police said the officer, whose name wasn't released, stopped at a Georgetown-area store March 23 where Criner — who had blisters on his feet — had been for hours.
The officer, when he was off-duty, returned with his personal vehicle and drove Criner to a hospital near campus.
