Ex-Judge Chris Dupuy Was Arrested With a Lot of Weapons, but Should He Stay in Jail?
On June 25, 2015, Scott Hardcastle, a Harris County Sheriff’s investigator with a search warrant and a growing sense of impatience, kicked open the door to the League City apartment belonging to a disgraced former judge.
As Hardcastle would later testify at the ex-judge’s bond hearing, Hardcastle had knocked on the door and announced police presence for quite a while, but the only response he got was muffled questions from inside: Who is it? What do you want?
Hardcastle and officials from the League City Police Department, Texas Rangers and Galveston County District Attorney’s office were there to execute a warrant on 43-year-old Chris Dupuy; authorities believed he created escort ads that purported to be posted by a former girlfriend and a woman whom Dupuy was once interested in. The ads featured the women’s photos, and made clear that at least one of them was “VERY FETISH FRIENDLY.” (To add insult to injury, the women weren’t even portrayed as high-class: The “sexy nurse” charged a mere $70 per half hour.)
Hardcastle spoke to the women, who insisted they didn’t place the ads, were not in fact prostitutes and certainly didn’t welcome calls from creepy dudes seeking the “full satisfaction” on display. Both women immediately suspected Dupuy.
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Earlier threads:
Follow-up: Former judge Dupuy in isolation at Galveston County Jail July 2015
Follow-up: Ex-Galveston judge arrested, charged with online harassment July 2015
Indicted Galveston judge arrested again Aug 2013
Judge Dupuy (Galveston) faces more allegations Jun 2013
Galveston Judge Christopher Dupuy indicted again and arrested again Jun 2013
Galveston judge suspended by state after arrest May 2013
Galveston judge may 'hurt or kill someone,' fellow judge says (updated 5/22/13) Feb 2013