The great Ron Reynolds crackdown.

In April of last year, I mentioned State Representative Ron Reynolds arrest on barratry charges.

It appears, according to the Southeast Texas Record, that those charges were dismissed. I do not recall seeing this reported at the time, or I would have mentioned it in a followup.

But guess what?

Rep. Reynolds has been arrested again on barratry charges. And seven other lawyers have been charged in the same barratry ring.

The Associated Press reported that according to an affidavit, a confidential informant told investigators that Reynolds and other attorneys paid a man named Robert Valdez to search Houston police reports for recent traffic accidents. Valdez would be paid if he signed up the driver who was not at fault in the crash.

(The current set of charges against Rep. Reynolds and the other lawyers are out of Montgomery County. The previous charges which were dropped were in Harris County.)

(Hattip: Overlawyered.)

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