Court Documents Reveal Details of Former Anson Minister's Arrest
By Andrew McMillan
The former Anson youth pastor accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage girl was caught because of a suspicious vehicle report, according to search warrants filed in Taylor County. Callan Rice, 26, was arrested Dec. 28 for indecency with a child after confessing to the crime. Court documents say police responded to a suspicious vehicle call on Dec. 20 behind the old Genghis Grill building on S. Clack Street. The officers found Rice and a girl under the age of 17 inside Rice’s truck. The child denied that she had any intimate involvement with Rice. The officers found their stories suspicious and made a report. The next day, the girl’s father told an officer he had concerns that Rice had sexually abused his daughter, court documents say. On Dec. 28, the girl and her parents met with police investigators and provided a statement detailing sexual contact that she had had with Rice over the course of several months. She said the pair had sent text messages and messages through social media talking about sexual acts that had occurred. According to the search warrant, when Rice found out the girl had been contacted by police, he told her to delete the messages. Rice was brought in to the Abilene/Taylor County Law Enforcement Center, where he acknowledged the communications with the child during an interview. Investigators filed search warrants to access cell phones belonging to Rice and the child to retrieve the messages. Rice was booked at the Taylor County Jail Dec. 28 and released on a $25,000 bond. He was fired by Bethel Assembly in Anson after he was caught.
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