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Travis Reed is a registered sex offender and recently pleaded guilty in a federal court case.<\/p>\n
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A former volunteer fire captain from Azle pleaded guilty in North Texas federal court last month to a charge of sexual exploitation of a child, according to court documents obtained by the Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n
Travis Reed, who was a fire captain with the now-defunct Briar Volunteer Fire Department, admitted to coercing a minor into producing child pornography in September, according to a summary of facts in the case. Reed was arrested at the Port of Galveston cruise ship terminal as he returned from a cruise in Mexico two months later.<\/p>\n
Agents with Customs and Border Patrol found the images as they inspected Reed\u2019s iPhone, according to court documents. The phone was seized for forensic analysis by Homeland Security agents.<\/p>\n
A later search of Reed\u2019s home uncovered decor similar to that which was observed in the lewd images, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. A parent of the minor victim later positively identified the child and told authorities the photos had been taken at Reed\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Prior to the federal offense, Reed had already been convicted of a 2014 child sex crime in Tarrant County, and is a registered sex offender<\/a>, according to court documents.<\/p>\n It took jurors less than two hours to convict Reed in the 2014 case, for which he served eight years in prison, the Star-Telegram reported at the time.<\/p>\n Reed, 44, is set for sentencing in September. He faces between 25 and 50 years in prison.<\/p>\n This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n