North Texas pastor indicted after attempting to pay suspected prostitute $150: police
A North Texas pastor is facing a charge of soliciting prostitution after he was arrested in May, according to Plano police.
The former senior pastor at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship church in Plano, 51-year-old Terren Lee Dames, was taken into custody May 2.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, the former pastor’s arrest was part of a sting operation. Plano police regularly conduct a “demand reduction” operation targeting those soliciting commercial sex, the warrant says.
On the evening of May 2, Dames called an undercover officer and agreed to pay a person he believed to be a prostitute $150 for sex, according to the warrant.
The officer provided Dames with an address, and the former pastor arrived at a motel shortly after, court documents state.
Dames was stopped by another officer at the intersection of G Avenue and Central Parkway East, where he was arrested.
After being read his Miranda Warning, Dames told officers that he arrived at the motel to meet a friend, the warrant says. It was at that point that Dames started experiencing a medical episode.
He was evaluated by the fire department and medics determined his vitals were low, but Dames refused to be taken to a hospital, according to the warrant. His phone was also seized when he was taken into custody.
Dames was indicted on solicitation of prostitution on June 11, Collin County court records show.
He was named the church’s senior pastor in 2015, according to North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship’s website.
The church has not yet responded to the Star-Telegram’s phone call or email requesting comment.
The church told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV that Dames was removed from its staff in May due to a “moral failure.”
