Follow-up: Ex-Galveston judge arrested, charged with online harassment

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Photo By Galveston County Sheriffs Office
Former county Court-at-Law Judge Christopher Dupuy was arrested in Galveston and his bail was set at $600,000.


GALVESTON – A former state judge from Galveston County forced from office in 2013 was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of online harassment for allegedly placing fake online ads indicating two former girlfriends were available for sex-for-hire, according to authorities and court documents.

Former County Court-at-Law Judge Christopher Dupuy was arrested in Galveston and his bail set at $600,000, said Col. Ray Tuttoilmondo, a spokesman for the sheriff's office.

The investigation was launched by the Harris County Sheriff's Office, but a spokesman for that agency was unavailable for comment. Dupuy filled out a form requesting that an attorney be appointed for him as well as a pauper's oath showing that he cannot afford an attorney. The forms show that he claimed an income of $1,000 per week as an attorney but had a zero balance in his banking and savings accounts.

A search warrant affidavit served last week by Harris County deputies at Dupuy's home in League City alleged that the former judge put up the fake online ads.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/Former-Galveston-judge-arrested-on-Internet-6363961.php

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