Plano, TX police officer arrested on child-sex charges
Richard S. Bradford |
Richard Scott Bradford, 45, of Anna was arrested Thursday by the Collin County sheriff’s office on the child pornography charge. He was released from jail a few hours later on bond.
This is his second arrest in less than a month. Bradford was also arrested Dec. 23 on a charge of indecency with a child by contact. He was released from jail on bond.
Plano police spokesman David Tilley said Bradford was hired in July 1998 and has worked as a patrol officer during his entire career with the department. Bradford has been placed on administrative leave while the charges are investigated by the sheriff’s office. Tilley said Plano police are conducting their own internal investigation.
Bradford could not be reached for comment.
According to the arrest warrant on the indecency charge, a 9-year-old girl reported that Bradford touched her inappropriately on Dec. 22 while she was sleeping. She told police she woke up and saw Bradford with his pants down, the warrant stated. The girl reported what happened to her mother, who contacted authorities, the warrant stated.
According to the court documents, investigators obtained search warrants for Bradford’s cellphone and the contents of that cellphone the same day he was arrested. The report states investigators found multiple images of child pornography stored on the phone.
Collin County court records show Bradford also was found guilty on three separate misdemeanor charges for issuing bad checks in 2012. Tilley said that civil service law states that those class C misdemeanors don’t affect someone’s employment as long as they are taken care of.
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