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Maypearl Police Chief under investigation for online solicitation of a minor
Maypearl’s police chief is under investigation for online solicitation of a minor, and Texas Rangers searched his house and office over the weekend, authorities said.
The probe focuses on 49-year-old Maypearl Police Chief Kevin Coffey, according to search warrants released late Monday.
The Ellis County District Attorney's office and the Texas Rangers began an investigation after the parents of a 16-year-old girl complained, according to the warrants.
Coffey first contacted the girl on Facebook two years ago when she was 14 years old, investigators said, and ended up messaging her almost every day.
Read more: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Maypearl-Police-Chief-Under-Investigation-314634811.html