Sex offender facing new charges of child sex assault after arrest in Plum Grove

Matthew Massey sits in the back of a Pct. 6 patrol vehicle before he was taken to the Liberty County Jail on multiple charges.

A 25-year-old Plum Grove man, Matthew Kevin Massey, was arrested just before noon Thursday, Aug. 3, at a property on CR 347 in Plum Grove. His arrest was made by the U.S. Marshal’s Office, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office at the Pct. 6 Constable’s Office.

According to Pct. 6 Constable Zack Harkness, agents attempted to serve an order this morning and were unable to find Massey when they arrived at the property.

They decided to wait a few hours before returning to look for him again. Upon returning, they began searching the large property.

“It was a big property with several trailers and booths,” Harkness said.

During the search, investigators with the sheriff’s office found Massey hiding in an attic in one of the cabins at the back of the property. Massey was taken into custody and transported to the Liberty County Jail by Pct. 6 Constable’s Office.

He is charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and Theft, and is being held on a parole violation. Capt. David Meyers with the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office said Massey also has a charge outside the county for Sexual Assault of a Child.

Meyers said the successful arrest of Massey was a team effort by all the agencies involved.

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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

12 COMMENTS

  1. This article is false he does not have new charges for sexual assault on a child before writing an article you ought to have your facts right false accusations can be damaging and life-threatening

  2. The facts are, there is NOT no NEW charge of sexual assult of a child.. he is being charged with failure to maintain registry and the theft charge is an existing charge which was originally an unaurthorized use charge that he hasnt been found guilty of. How dare you make accusations against him with false information that can and will be very life threatening to him.. he is also not on parole he is on probation. So much of this article is FALSE. And you as a reporter should be ashamed of yourself for slandering his name like you are without the facts to back it up. God dont like ugly, keep that in mind..

  3. Looks like the bluebonnet newspaper owes him an apology and this article needs to be corrected or removed. If you’re going to report then try reporting only true facts before you get someone hurt.

  4. What is factual is that he is a sex offender charged with the sexual assault of a child, that is not an accusation but fact. If he didn’t have anything to hide, why was he hiding.

    • I mean nothing rude but sexual assault of a child can be an 18 year old guy consensually sleeping with his 16 year old girlfriend. Many times when parents find out and the girl is afraid, she will cry rape, or the parent will have him charged no matter what the case. This case could be from that long ago. Not stating all of the information and just throwing out random words can hurt a lot of people. And if a lot of people stormed my property, my butt would run too. God bless.

  5. I’ve known Matthew all of my life and these accusations are all false he was set by a guy named Tom it was fight between his dad and Tom and Tom got his kid to lie imagine that it’s a very sad situation to bring kids into a adult fight but without bringing everything into this conversation when you don’t know the truth or the facts to the story you need to keep your mouth shut you only read what the cops tell them to write so that’s why people have lost all respect for the police I’m just praying for Matthew and his family
    But remember what karma is

  6. It’s not uncommon for this site to post stories without all of the facts, damaging people’s lives. No matter what the story is, it must be supported with factual information. All I can say to those defending him is, screenshot the article and hire an attorney.

    Please have the factual information before writing stories: police reports, witness statements, call slips, signed officers statements. If you can’t get it, don’t report it. You mess up a lot of lives this way.

  7. What a crock of SHIT!!! First of all there’s no new charges of sexual assault what a complete falsehood and TOTAL exaggeration of the facts.. second of all I have known this family my whole life and they are good people with good hearts.. one thing I have learned in life is don’t believe everything you read.. 11 constables for one 25-year old.. what tyrannical pigs they are!!! Seems like to me 10 of those constables were getting overpaid by tax dollars that day. Just think of the people being murdered that lost their lives that day because 11 constables was trying to get one man.. beyond sad! People please keep this family in your prayers because Matthew is totally getting railroaded.. His mom and dad are incredible people that do nothing but good for others. God will see this family through..

  8. He apparently was found guilty and has failed to register as a sex offender. So he goes to jail due to his own stupidity. I hope they beat his ass regularly in there.

  9. Sexual assault of a child,minor,etc.if it was your child I’m sure you would all think differently .I would not call getting a 14 yr.old drunk and doing what he’s done consensual I’m sorry I pray that the laws of the land prevail and send his goat smelling ass to tdc were he belongs and for all of you that think differently well there’s a place for your goat smelling ass as well !!!

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