{"id":352752,"date":"2026-06-27T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352752\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:15:08","slug":"man-tied-to-montgomery-county-ministries-arrested-extradited-to-texas-on-child-indecency-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352752\/","title":{"rendered":"Man tied to Montgomery County ministries arrested, extradited to Texas on child indecency charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Montgomery_County_Sheriff&#039;s_Office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Montgomery_County_Sheriff&#039;s_Office\/\">Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> is asking anyone with information to contact investigators as they continue probing allegations of sexual abuse involving a man authorities say had ties to multiple religious ministries in Montgomery County and worked with youth-related groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Deputies were called May 8, 2026, to the 18000 block of Cooper Road in Conroe after a report of indecency with a child. Authorities said three adult women later described alleged abuse that stretched back years, with claims dating to the 1990s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Investigators identified the suspect as 65-year-old Leland Fleming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Detectives with the Sheriff\u2019s Office Special Victims Unit said their investigation found Fleming had participated in various religious ministries across Montgomery County and had worked with children\u2019s choirs and homeschool groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">An arrest warrant was issued May 28, 2026, for indecency with a child. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Fleming was located in Madison County, Arkansas, and taken into custody with help from local authorities, investigators said. He was extradited back to Montgomery County on June 25 and is being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond. He faces two counts of indecency with a child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The case remains active. Because of Fleming\u2019s reported involvement with youth-related organizations, the Sheriff\u2019s Office urged anyone with relevant information to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 936-538-5900 and reference case number 26A156874.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office is asking anyone with information to contact investigators as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[294,56874,7054,43610,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-352752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-crime","tag-mcso","tag-montgomery-county","tag-montgomery-county-sheriffs-office","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}