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Attorney alleges Freestone County constable sent explicit images; commissioners do not act
Summary
Attorney David Moore used public comment to allege that Constable Sessions sent sexually explicit photos to a client and said he would provide court records; the commissioners’ court did not deliberate on the allegation because it was not on the agenda.
David Moore, identifying himself as a licensed attorney, told the Freestone County Commissioners Court during public comment that he brought court records and investigative documents alleging that Constable Sessions sent sexually explicit images to a client and that criminal proceedings followed in Limestone County.
Moore said he filed complaints with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the Texas Workforce Commission and described events he said resulted in a criminal complaint in Limestone County for "unlawful transmission of sexually explicit visual material." "On March 28th, after eight months of delaying the legal process, Constable Sessions entered a plea of no contest," Moore told the court, saying the judgment placed Sessions on deferred probation for 15 days. "He found him guilty then placed him on deferred probation for 15 days and the only condition was that he does not violate the law for 15 days," Moore said, adding the 15-day period would end the next day.
Moore told commissioners he brought a packet of documents for each elected official, which he described as including the county bulletin board notice on sexual-harassment prohibitions, the citation for the offense, an excerpt of a Limestone County police report attributed to Captain Jason Hash, a plea form, a judgment and redacted training-investigation materials showing Sessions was expelled from a training for sexual-harassment allegations. Moore also said he would hand over two photographs he said were sent to his client.
The court did not take any formal action on the allegation. A court official reminded commissioners that state open-meeting rules prevent them from deliberating or taking action on matters not posted on the agenda. After Moore finished, the meeting proceeded to the posted agenda.
The allegations Moore described concern actions that the transcript indicates were the subject of criminal proceedings and related administrative complaints in other jurisdictions. The court record of this meeting and the county did not contain motions, votes or other formal outcomes addressing those allegations at this session.
