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MEISSNER TCLEOSE RECORDS
WARNING EXPLICIT PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT
By MITCH MITCHELL and DARREN BARBEE
mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com
A 39-year-old former police chief being held in the Dallas County Jail on Wednesday posed as a woman to solicit nude photos from a 17-year-old, investigators said.
According to court documents, Michael Meissner used a bogus MySpace page, then asked for nude photos of teen boys.
Some of the boys who sent nude pictures to Meissner are barely legal and appear to have multiple criminal incidents on their records, an arrest warrant affidavit said. Investigators said they believe that Meissner used his position as police chief in Little River-Academy to find potential victims and has obtained nude pictures from people in the Belton, Killeen, Temple and Waco areas.
One investigator said that in 2006, while Meissner was police chief in Caney City, a 15-year-old boy spent the night with him without his parents’ knowledge or consent and looked at pornography stored in a police computer. The teen told one of Meissner’s friends what had happened and began to get threats from Meissner, the affidavit said.
Meissner altered the computer’s hard drive and operating system, and as a result, the district attorney chose not to pursue the case, the investigator said.
But now, investigators have more than 4,900 text messages and e-mails that they say outline the scope of Meissner’s enterprise, according to the affidavit. The stored messages show numerous pornographic pictures, as well as messages with references to sexual acts with boys and videotaping.
Those text messages show that Meissner filmed at a residence off Collins Street in Arlington. The text messages also describe the use of narcotics, the promotion of prostitution and other illegal activities, the affidavit said. A 17-year-old has agreed to be a witness for the state, according to the affidavit.
If he’s convicted on the six felony charges he faces, Meissner could spend 110 years in prison and be fined $70,000, police said. Meissner faces charges of aggravated promotion of prostitution, sexual performance by a child, possession or promotion of child pornography, engaging in organized criminal activity, misuse of official information, and obstruction or retaliation, Dallas County Jail records show. Bail has been set at $1.5 million.
Joseph Dauben, whom police suspect in connection with the case, was arrested on warrants in Plymouth, N.H. Dauben was in the Grafton County Jail in Plymouth on Wednesday, awaiting extradition to Texas, police said.
Dauben faces charges of engaging in organized criminal activity, obstruction or retaliation, and misuse of official information.
Meissner has a been a itinerate police officer and chief, once serving six days as the chief of the New Summerfield Police Department.
Meissner was charged in Tarrant County with impersonating a public servant in May 2005, but was no-billed by the grand jury.
1 comment:
What a disgrace Mr. Meissner is to his uniform, and oaths to uphold the law. Read his Probable Cause Affidavit, some of his illegal actions involve persons in this area. These cops are Gypsy(go from one job to another) for a reason. Bartlett has had it's share. They stay here for awhile and then are "forced" to leave after very questionable behavior, and no one does anything. They just go to the next job and start their routine all over again, and again.
I will be posting the TCLEOSE Records of past Bartlett Police, judge for yourself, if you think they are Gypsy Cops based on how many jobs they have had in the past.
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