{"id":228855,"date":"2026-03-31T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228855\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:23:10","slug":"multi-agency-operation-targets-child-predators-in-lubbock-area-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228855\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-agency operation targets child predators in Lubbock area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Five people accused of being child predators and one person accused of soliciting prostitution are facing felony charges following a multi-agency operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Operation Four Leaf Felony was created after law enforcement noticed an increase in predator encounters across the Lubbock area. Specifically, with children transported to Lubbock after they were targeted online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The online solicitation operation took place on Thursday, March 26. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The operation was a combined effort by the Lubbock Police Department\u2019s Special Operations, the Texas Anti-Gang Center Human Trafficking Unit, the LPD\u2019s Crimes Against Children\u2019s Unit, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Lubbock County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Lamesa Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Arrested individuals<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Kelly Reed Moore\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/QQVRALOJMZF5FCFURZR3XCTYPI.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1454\" \/>Kelly Reed Moore(photo provided by Lubbock Police) Kelly Moore, 51, arrested on a charge of online solicitation of a minor<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Landon Hernandez\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5BOQX4CECBHKJCYNYLYDKJQAXM.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1332\" \/>Landon Hernandez(Provided by Lubbock Police) Landon Hernandez, 20, arrested on a charge of online solicitation of a minor<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Joe Arredondo\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/YQ6YN7XLTNFX7MADVA2KU72NTA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1553\" \/>Joe Arredondo(Provided by Lubbock Police)Joe Arredondo, 55, arrested on a charge of online solicitation of a minor<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Jose Leal-Salazar\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4P2OOSMGMFBPXM25OXZHUCIZQ4.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1351\" \/>Jose Leal-Salazar(Provided by Lubbock Police)Jose Salazar, 39, arrested on a charge of online solicitation of a minor<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Rene Lincona\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IWMGLIVXXVBOXAATWQHBBIEGPU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1412\" \/>Rene Lincona(Provided by Lubbock Police)Rene Lincona, 36, arrested on charges of solicitation of prostitution. An ICE detainer was issued.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Erik Suniga\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/73W4GVRTRBFOJJ3AV6CTNOCKMA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1372\" \/>Erik Suniga(Provided by Lubbock Police)Erik Suniga, 24, arrested on charges of online solicitation of a minor and unlawful carrying of weapon<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The fight against child exploitation remains a prominent focus for the Lubbock Police Department and its partnering agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Five people accused of being child predators and one person accused of soliciting prostitution&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[75673,294,6974,319,251,168,170,169,85942,18395],"class_list":["post-228855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-child-sex-crimes","tag-crime","tag-human-trafficking","tag-kcbd","tag-local-news","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-online-solicitation","tag-prostitution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}