In February, Harris County Precinct One Constable Alan Rosen’s Office conducted a collaborative, undercover operation focused on reducing the number of individuals soliciting sex online from minors. The operation was sponsored by Harris County Precinct One Constable’s Office in partnership with Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
During the sting operation, investigators engaged in online text communication using mobile apps and social media sites with suspects who believed they were communicating with minors. In separate incidents, each suspect traveled to an undisclosed location to meet with an officer’s online persona and engage in sex acts. Instead, the suspects were met by law enforcement officers who placed them under arrest and transported them to the Harris County Jail. The following suspects are being charged with Online Solicitation of a Minor. During interviews with investigators, Fahad Ghani Siddiqui and Eleno Garza revealed they were previously employed as teachers.
ARRESTED
Garcia, Israel of Humble, TX
Reyes, Ricardo of Houston, TX
Knarr, Brandon of Houston, TX
Siddiqui, Fahad Ghani of Houston, TX
Chapman, Jeremy Kyle of Dickinson, TX
Garza,Eleno of Houston, TX
The operation consisted of more than 75 members of law enforcement. Agencies involved in the undercover operation represent:
- Harris County Constable’s Office, Precinct One
- Katy ISD Police Department
- Department of Public Safety-Texas Crimes Against Children Center-Austin
- Webster Police Department
- Cypress Creek Tactical Medical
- Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office
- Harris County District Attorney’s Office
- Houston Police Department
- Harris County Sheriff’s Office
- Sugar Land Police Department
- Rosenberg Police Department
- Jones Creek Marshall’s Office
