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North Texas adoption attorney arrested on child trafficking charges

 Charles Eckert, the executive chief in charge of jail operations for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, says the department will continue to wrap cars like this one to get the word out about detention officer positions.
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Charles Eckert, the executive chief in charge of jail operations for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, says the department will continue to wrap cars like this one to get the word out about detention officer positions.

An attorney and executive director of a North Texas adoption agency was arrested last week on child trafficking charges, according to the Tarrant County sheriff and jail records.

Jody Hall, 68, was booked into Hays County Jail July 23 on two counts of sale or purchase of a child, a third degree felony. Hall is an attorney and owns Adoptions International, a nonprofit founded in 1996 and currently based in Richardson, according to public filings.

Hall was arrested for allegedly recruiting and paying pregnant people in Tarrant County custody to put their children up for adoption through her agency, according to the sheriff's office.

Detectives with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers served two arrest warrants at hall's home in Kyle, where she was arrested, the sheriff's office said.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety did not respond to requests for comment.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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