Dallas Adult Entertainment: Ex-Hawley chief arrested on child porn charges
A former Hawley police chief has been arrested on child pornography charges in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Michael Meissner, 39, was arrested Monday on six felony warrants from Dallas and Tarrant counties.
Meissner was charged with attempted possession of child pornography, aggravated promotion of prostitution, engaging in organized crime and sexual performance by a child in Tarrant County. He was also charged with obstruction or retaliation and misuse of official information in Dallas County. Meissner is in custody on bonds totaling $1.5 million.
Meissner was the Hawley police chief for about five weeks — from the last week of August 2008 until September 2008, said Mayor Ronnie Woodard of Hawley. Meissner and the City Council came to a mutual agreement and he agreed to step down.
“He just wasn’t fitting in,” Woodard said.