LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Police say five people were arrested after a multi-agency undercover operation targeting online child exploitation and solicitation in Lubbock. <\/p>\n
Operation \u201cTrick or Trap\u201d was conducted Friday, Oct. 23 and was a combined effort between the Lubbock Police Department\u2019s Special Operations Unit, the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Lubbock County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Collin County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n
Police said the objective was to disrupt demand for child sexual exploitation and identify people seeking to exploit children through online solicitation across the South Plains. <\/p>\n
The department said the operation was organized in response to an increase of suspected predators across the Lubbock area, including cases in which children were targeted through social media and transported to Lubbock.<\/p>\n
\u201cProtecting children from exploitation remains a priority for the Lubbock Police Department,\u201d the department said in a news release. \u201cThrough continued collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, the LPD remains committed to identifying offenders, holding them accountable, and protecting vulnerable children from exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police listed the following arrests:<\/p>\n
William Simonton, 31 \u2014 online solicitation of prostitutionTroy Dean Lindsey, 64 \u2014 online solicitation of a minorMichael Xavier Ross, 30 \u2014 online solicitation of a minorDaniel Lee Boutain, 61 \u2014 online solicitation of a minor, possession of controlled substanceSalvador Sosa Aguirre, 48 \u2014 online solicitation of a minor<\/p>\n
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