Overview
- Local deputies say a person at an Angleton business reported seeing a man exposing himself on Friday, and investigators later identified the suspect as Mayor Keith Bell.
- Brazoria County deputies arrested Bell at the scene without incident and booked him on a charge of indecent exposure.
- The city confirmed Bell’s arrest and later said he was released on a $75,000 bond that bars contact with the alleged victim and bars him from the victim’s home or school.
- City officials say the incident occurred outside Bell’s official duties, that they have had no contact with him since the arrest, and that he remains mayor unless he resigns or is removed under the city charter.
- Bell’s additional roles as the city’s emergency management director and a local pastor complicate governance and community response, and officials say they will continue gathering verified information while the legal process moves forward.