Tyler County Jail records show former local cop John Dees arrested

Tyler County Jail records show that 46-year-old Johnathan Broussard Dees, a former law enforcement officer in both Jasper and Jefferson Counties, was arrested within the last few days in Tyler County. Jail records there show that he was charged with Indecency with a Child-Sexual Contact, and his bond was set at $75,000.00. KJAS News was unable to reach Tyler County Sheriff Brian Weatherford for more information about the arrest and charge against Dees. From his early 20’s until about a decade ago, he worked at the Jasper Police Department, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Departments, and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. That ended in 2011 when he suddenly resigned from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department when it was revealed that he was under investigation for sexual assault of a child in a case from January of 2003. He was indicted and arrested, and in 2016 he entered a guilty plea on a charge of Indecency with a Child by Exposure in exchange for 7 years of probation. He also had to register as a sex offender and he had to surrender his Texas Peace Officers license. In February of this year, Dees was arrested and charged with Indecency with a Child/Exposing in a case alleged to have occurred in Orange County in July of 2016. He was later released on a $75,000.00 bond.