MCKINNEY (KRLD) - Following his arrest this week on child sex abuse charges, Chad Watson is out of a job at the McKinney Fire Department.
Watson, 38, was arrested Sunday after Collin County Sheriff's investigators got a tip he may have been involved in the continuous sexual abuse of a child under age 14. Authorities arrested Watson while he was on duty at McKinney Fire Station No. 7 on Independence Pkwy.
McKinney Fire Chief Danny Kistner released a statement Tuesday morning:
"Chad E. Watson was terminated from the McKinney Fire Department today. He will be going through his legal due process in the courts. As a Fire Department, safety and maintaining the public trust is of utmost importance and we take these matters very seriously."
Watson remains in the Collin County Jail. His bond is set at $250,000.
