Reserve Officer Arrested For
Possession Of Child Porn
By: Jamie Burch - Email
WIXON VALLEY – A sergeant with
the Bryan Police Department’s reserve unit is arrested on child porn charges
because of what a friend found while installing an app on the suspect’s smart
phone.
According to the Brazos County
Sheriff’s Office, the friend ran across pornographic images of two female
children, under the age of 17.
Tuesday, a Sheriff's
Investigator and Texas Ranger served Dennis Fraley, 61 of Wixon Valley, with a
warrant to search his phone. The Sheriff’s Office says they found pornographic
images that had been taken with the phone’s camera.
Fraley was arrested shortly
after 5:00 p.m. Tuesday at his home in Wixon Valley.
When deputies arrived, Frayley
said he knows he messed up and that "he had arrested people like
him."
Fraley was a Reserve Officer
with the Bryan Police Department. A spokesperson says Fraley has resigned.
Statement from Chief Eric Buske
"The Bryan Police
Department expects the highest standards from our officers. The men and women
of our department support this stance. We have a rigorous hiring process for
our full time officers as well as for our Reserve Officers. Dennis Fraley
joined the department in 1983 as a Reserve Officer. There was nothing in his
hiring process or in his years of service with the Bryan Police Department that
indicated he was involved in any type of criminal activity. When we became aware
of this investigation, Sgt. Fraley was asked to resign and he complied with
that request. None of the crimes that Fraley is charged with appear to be
related to his activities while serving as a Reserve Officer. This case is a
Texas Rangers and Brazos County Sheriff investigation and we fully support
their investigation." Fraley is charged with three counts of Possession of
Child Pornography, a 3rd degree felony.
