MCKINNEY, Texas — A State Representative from North Texas intends to plead either guilty or no contest to charges accusing him of impersonating a public servant and taking down his political opponent's campaign signs last year.
State Rep. Fred Frazier (R-McKinney) will plead no contest to two charges of attempted impersonating a public servant, a class A misdemeanor, and also plead guilty to the charge of criminal mischief, a class C misdemeanor, Hopkins County District Attorney Will Ramsay said in an email to the complainant in the case Friday. The first two charges carry a maximum fine of $4,000 for each charge, while the last charge carries a maximum fine of $500.
Sources have told WFAA Frazier, who has served the Dallas Police Department for 28 years, will resign from DPD on Monday, Dec. 4.
Frazier can continue to serve the Texas House of Representatives with a misdemeanor. Had he been convicted of a felony, Frazier would have faced expulsion.
The incident started in June 2022 when Frazier turned himself in on accusations of impersonating a code enforcement officer to get rid of his primary opponent's campaign signs in February.
The Texas Rangers began an investigation into Frazier after primary runoff opponent Paul Chabot filed a police report after some of his signs were allegedly stolen.
Chabot said he was told by a Walmart store manager that a person who identified themselves as a code compliance officer with the city of McKinney said the signs needed to be removed because they were supposedly out of compliance.
According to Chabot, he was told by the city manager that his signs "were fine." Two days later, Chabot said one of his campaign signs was stolen from the Walmart, which led to him filing a police report.