WEBSTER, Texas — Police arrested a League City man at a Webster park on allegations he sought to gratify his sexual desires by photographing teen and preteen girls playing soccer, authorities said Thursday.
Paul Guy Clark Jr., 65, posted a $2,000 bond Thursday on a felony charge of improper photography, Webster Police Chief Ray Smiley and George Flynn, a Harris County District Attorney’s Office spokesman, said.
Clark on Wednesday photographed girls, ages 12 to 17, at a Webster park in the 17100 block of North Texas Avenue, Smiley said.
A witness with a daughter on the junior soccer league told another player’s father he saw a man taking pictures of the girls, Smiley said. That father, who is a Dickinson police sergeant, called Webster police, Smiley said.
The first witness also told police he’d seen this man taking photos of girls playing at parks on many occasions, Smiley said.
When reached by phone Thursday, Clark had no comment.
He had not yet obtained a lawyer.
Webster police arrested Clark at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Smiley said.
"The photographs were from the knee to the neck," Smiley said, noting none of the girls’ faces was pictured.
Clark is accused of photographing the children without consent with the intent to arouse and gratify a sexual desire, Smiley said.
Police seized computer equipment from Clark’s car, including a digital camera, 16 memory cards, an iPod, six USB flash drives, a computer and a collection of pornographic pictures, DVDs and magazines, Smiley said.
Police submitted the evidence to the district attorney’s office, Smiley said.
The case is before the 176th District Court, Flynn said.
