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Former Caney City police chief in trouble once again

Former Caney City police chief Michael Meissner has been arrested in Arlington, according to published reports.

Meissner, 39, has been charged with seven felony counts, including possession or promotion of child pornography, promotion of prostitution and engaging in organized crime, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Officials said the current investigation started as a probe into misuse of official information, but evidence of other crimes was found.

Bond was set at $1.5 million, and officials said more charges could be added

Known as a "gypsy cop," Meissner traveled from town to town taking law enforcement jobs, 15 in the past: 18 years, according to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE).

In 2007, Meissner resigned from the Caney City Police Department after TCLEOSE began investigating him.

At that time, TCLEOSE issued two reprimands for Meissner for not reporting that he was arrested in the past.

According to the TCLEOSE reprimand letters, Meissner was arrested on "April 7, 2005, for the offense of tampering with a witness, a state jail felony." That case was dismissed. TCLEOSE also reprimanded Meissner for not reporting an April 17, 2005, arrest "for the offense of impersonating a peace officer, a felony, and operation of security company without a license, a Class A misdemeanor."

Both of those charges were no-billed by a grand jury and dismissed.



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Original Publication Date: September 18, 2009

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