Former fire chief arrested on additional child porn charges

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A former Port Neches Fire Department fire chief is now going through extra prison charges out of a special county after being terminated from the dept in 2021. 

Paul Edward Nelson, 57, used to be arrested at his Jefferson County house in January 2021 and later charged with two counts of promotion and ownership of child pornography. 

Kayleigh Date, a spokesperson for the Texas Attorney General’s place of job, up to now advised 12News the investigation began with a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 

Nelson used to be accused of sending unlawful photographs over social media accounts. During a seek warrant, investigators seized a large number of units that had been grew to become over to the virtual forensics workforce for assessment.

He posted a $50,000 bond the morning after his arrest. 

Nelson used to be additionally terminated from the Port Neches Fire Department the day following his arrest. He later relocated to Montgomery County. 

On Monday Oct. 2, 2023, Montgomery County Pct. 3 Constable Ryan Gable’s Criminal Investigations Division carried out an arrest warrant and a residential seek warrant of Nelson’s house in Conroe.

Nelson actively chatted with a child below 14 years of age in The Woodlands, in keeping with a news unencumber from the place of job of Constable Ryan Gable. 

Officials say Nelson despatched and asked particular pictures of child sexual attack subject material to the sufferer.

During the process the investigation, detectives advanced information that led to 2 arrest warrants for promotion of child pornography and on-line solicitation of a minor, in keeping with the discharge.

Nelson used to be booked within the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Jail on a $200,000 bond. 

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