Editing Nixon, Texas (section)

===Crime===

In 2013, Kenneth Johnson of Nixon confessed to sexually assaulting two girls, ages 13 and 14, after a witness told Nixon police he saw Johnson rape an intoxicated teenager at a Nixon residence.<ref>[https://www.freep.com/story/news/crime/sex-offenders/2015/09/28/nixon-man-confesses-sexually-assaulting-two-teen-girls/72995408/ Nixon man confesses to sexually assaulting two teen girls]</ref>

In 2018, 15-foot-long bleachers were stolen from the Nixon Little League baseball field; they were taken by truck in an act lasting three minutes.<ref>[https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/bleachers-stolen-from-nixon-little-league/285-511087674  Bleachers stolen from Nixon Little League]</ref>

In 2019, Nixon experienced significant acts of burglary and car theft,<ref>[http://gonzalesinquirer.com/stories/no-action-taken-at-special-nixon-council-meeting,26381 ...the recent burglary and car thefts in the city...]</ref> as well as issues of drugs and child-abuse being described as "most distinguishable."<ref>[http://gonzalesinquirer.com/stories/returning-home,26386 ...Among the crime-related issues facing Nixon, drugs and child abuse are distinguishable above all else...]</ref>

====Operation Torch====

In early 2020, the [[Texas Department of Public Safety]] Criminal Investigations Division and the Nixon Police Department targeted the sale of [[crystal meth]] in the [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales]]—[[Wilson County, Texas|Wilson County]] area, under the name Operation Torch. A significant number of arrest warrants were served in the Nixon-[[Pandora, Texas|Pandora]]-[[Stockdale, Texas|Stockdale]]-[[Smiley, Texas|Smiley]] municipal-area. The investigation began with analysis of the local impact of meth distribution in Nixon, eventually uncovering a "drug network of distributors." Five of the targeted subjects, fifteen in total, were from the Nixon area. During this time period, eleven arrests were made, with four remaining at-large.<ref>{{cite web |title=Operation Torch results in 11 drug arrests |url=http://gonzalesinquirer.com/stories/operation-torch-results-in-11-drug-arrests,27774 |publisher=Gonzales Inquirer |access-date=27 June 2020 |date=June 26, 2020 |quote=...In January 2020, the Nixon Police Department along with the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (CID) initiated Operation Torch. This long-term investigation targeted the sale and distribution activities of crystal methamphetamine in the local and greater Gonzales and Wilson county areas...This investigation began as a local impact investigation targeting methamphetamine distributors in Nixon. The initial investigation quickly evolved into a long-term drug network of distributors...}}</ref>

====Texas Sheltered Care====
In 2007, a former private facility in Nixon, "Texas Sheltered Care", that held children caught illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, was ordered closed due to allegations of sexual abuse. It operated under contract of the federal government's Department of Health and Human Services. Its 72 residents were sent to other shelters outside of Nixon, due to a lack of confidence of being able to reopen in the city. Immigration lawyers were forced to abandon their Nixon practices that served the detainees in the facility.<ref>[https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Immigrant-youth-shelter-ordered-closed-1829271.php Immigrant youth shelter ordered closed]</ref> The FBI and local authorities investigated the alleged incidents, with an accused staff member fired.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-23-na-abuse23-story.html ''Children Removed From Immigrant Shelter''];</ref> The accused was later criminally charged and sentenced to prison.<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-txwd-5_08-cv-00124/pdf/USCOURTS-txwd-5_08-cv-00124-0.pdf United States District Court – Western District of Texas – San Antonio Division...];  text: "The Nixon facility is owned and operated by Defendant Away From Home, Inc. doing business as Southwest Initiative Inc., a for-profit corporation also doing business as 'Texas Sheltered Care.'"...]</ref>