ARLINGTON, TEXAS -
A former Little River-Academy police chief paid and arranged for underage men and women to engage in pornographic videos at his Arlington home, according to arrest warrant affidavits.
Michael Chase Meissner, 39, was arrested by Arlington police Monday at his home in the 1000 block of Glynn Oaks Drive. He is being held at the Dallas County Jail on $1.5 million bail.
In arrest warrant affidavits released today, Meissner sent nearly 5,000 text messages over a two-month period, many of which were to solicit minors for pornographic videos or photos.
"Can u come@can you teach lil holistr boys to smash," he texted, according to the affidavit. "U p star good? And wat u like to drink?"
The 17-year-old man responded, "but one problem. I'm only 17."
Meissner insisted that his age wasn't an issue.
Police discovered the text messages on Meissner's cell phone after investigating him for official misuse of information. They also found e-mails where Meissner posed as a female to get nude photos from males.
"It started as minor thing and escalated into a fire storm," Hoskins said.
Meissner's neighbors said they rarely saw the man during the six months he lived on Glynn Oaks Drive in Arlington. On those rare occasions, they said, he was usually up late, pacing outside his home with a phone in his hand.
"He always seemed like he was waiting for someone," neighbor Rusty Lambert said.
Lambert said his family did see young men and women come over to Meissner's home, but they did not think that they were underage.
"I didn't think anything of it," neighbor Raymond Lambert said. "Now, it makes sense."
Police also arrested Joseph "Joey" Dauben, a political blogger in New Hampshire.
Dauben was arrested in Plymouth, N.H. and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, obstruction or retaliation and misuse of official information.
Dauben, who lived in Midlothian, Texas, paid Meissner for information from a police database.
He then published that information onto various Web sites that he operates.
On his blog, Dauben wrote:
"If I were not a moral man, I would have wasted this son of a bitch myself and he would be dead," he wrote.
He added, "I would have put a bullet in his head myself."
In a video response, Dauben said the allegations were false and that he did not break any laws. He also filed an official complaint against Det. John Hoskins, who led the investigation into Meissner's past, with the Kaufman County Sheriff's office.
Dauben claimed in his complaint that Hoskins was obsessed with Meissner and was retaliating against Dauben.
Hoskins said neither is true.
"Joey got caught with his hands in the cookie jar," Hoskins said. "I wouldn't expect that from someone who apparently stands up against corruption."
Michael Chase Meissner, 39, was arrested by Arlington police Monday at his home in the 1000 block of Glynn Oaks Drive. He is being held at the Dallas County Jail on $1.5 million bail.
In arrest warrant affidavits released today, Meissner sent nearly 5,000 text messages over a two-month period, many of which were to solicit minors for pornographic videos or photos.
"Can u come@can you teach lil holistr boys to smash," he texted, according to the affidavit. "U p star good? And wat u like to drink?"
The 17-year-old man responded, "but one problem. I'm only 17."
Meissner insisted that his age wasn't an issue.
Police discovered the text messages on Meissner's cell phone after investigating him for official misuse of information. They also found e-mails where Meissner posed as a female to get nude photos from males.
"It started as minor thing and escalated into a fire storm," Hoskins said.
Meissner's neighbors said they rarely saw the man during the six months he lived on Glynn Oaks Drive in Arlington. On those rare occasions, they said, he was usually up late, pacing outside his home with a phone in his hand.
"He always seemed like he was waiting for someone," neighbor Rusty Lambert said.
Lambert said his family did see young men and women come over to Meissner's home, but they did not think that they were underage.
"I didn't think anything of it," neighbor Raymond Lambert said. "Now, it makes sense."
Police also arrested Joseph "Joey" Dauben, a political blogger in New Hampshire.
Dauben was arrested in Plymouth, N.H. and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, obstruction or retaliation and misuse of official information.
Dauben, who lived in Midlothian, Texas, paid Meissner for information from a police database.
He then published that information onto various Web sites that he operates.
On his blog, Dauben wrote:
"If I were not a moral man, I would have wasted this son of a bitch myself and he would be dead," he wrote.
He added, "I would have put a bullet in his head myself."
In a video response, Dauben said the allegations were false and that he did not break any laws. He also filed an official complaint against Det. John Hoskins, who led the investigation into Meissner's past, with the Kaufman County Sheriff's office.
Dauben claimed in his complaint that Hoskins was obsessed with Meissner and was retaliating against Dauben.
Hoskins said neither is true.
"Joey got caught with his hands in the cookie jar," Hoskins said. "I wouldn't expect that from someone who apparently stands up against corruption."
