LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Investigators in Liberty County want parents to talk with their children after a middle school principal was arrested.
Hardin Junior High School Principal Chad Barrett is facing felony possession/promotion of child pornography charges. He was arrested on Thursday.
That district, just north of the city of Liberty, has an enrollment of around 1,300 students.
The investigation began after a student and his mother made a report about a social media video allegedly sent to the student by the 56-year-old principal.
According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation started when a student and his mother came into the sheriff’s office to file a report about a social media video that the student had received. The video was believed to have been sent by 56-year-old Barrett.
Investigators went to the school and talked to Barrett. They said he cooperated, and that during the investigation, they found pictures and videos on …