Former Texas A&M University-Commerce student Clayton Stephen Paris faces charges of molestation after being arrested by McKinney police.
Greenville resident Clayton Stephen Paris, 22, allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl after meeting her through his MySpace account. According to McKinney Municipal Court Records, Paris was charged with a third-degree felony of online solicitation of a minor to solicit sexual conduct and a third-degree felony charge of indecency with a child by contact.
Paris had been in trouble before, stemming from two incidents in Commerce.
In December 2003, Commerce police questioned Paris about an incident in which a woman notified police a man exposed himself to her 6- and 12-year-old daughters while he sat in a car in Wal-Mart’s parking lot. After police identified him, Paris confessed during questioning. Police pressed charges against Paris for indecency with a child by exposure.
In February 2004, another woman called police claiming a man had masturbated in his car while she was walking with her grandchild. Police identified Paris again and arrested him on a charge of indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, at his apartment on campus.
Records from the Texas Department of Public Safety indicate that after pleading guilty to the misdemeanor charge in December 2004, he received deferred adjudication and one year of probation.
Although a Hunt County grand jury indicted Paris on the felony charge in August of 2005, the district attorney’s office dismissed the charge Oct. 13, 2005. The motion to dismiss stated the victim’s mother agreed to the dismissal after discussions with officials from the district attorney’s office.
On March 26, McKinney police arrested Paris, who was expecting to meet a 14-year-old girl.
According to a probable cause affidavit, he met the girl via MySpace using the name Damion and eventually met her to take her to the movies. After visiting the theater, he drove to another location and touched her through her clothing and instructed her to put her hands on him. The girl told him “No” and informed him of her age.
He later allegedly exposed himself to the girl and her friend through the use of an online Web cam. Scared, the girl told her mother, who called police.
Police had the girl maintain contact and obtained an arrest warrant. Paris was taken into custody at a prearranged location where he was expecting to meet the 14-year-old.
Paris posted a $50,000 bond on March 27, obtaining his release from the Collin County Detention Center.
Police are investigating Paris further, obtaining warrants to search his computer and cell phone.
Some material provided by the McKinney Courier-Gazette.