Overview

• Brian Vincent Rausch was taken into custody Tuesday and booked into the Harris County Jail after detectives executed a search warrant on his home.
• Prosecutors have charged him with five state counts of child pornography possession—three first-degree felonies and two second-degree felonies—and two federal charges.
• The investigation was initiated by the Montgomery County Precinct 3 Internet Crimes Against Children unit after an agent uncovered evidence of illicit material.
• Law enforcement partners on the case include the FBI, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Houston Police Department, La Porte Police Department, Department of Homeland Security and Texas Department of Public Safety.
• Authorities say officers seized multiple videos depicting child sexual assault during the search and that the probe remains ongoing.