Eight Laredoans arrested for soliciting minors online
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KGNS News
Story Created:
May 11, 2010
Story Updated:
May 11, 2010
Eight Laredoans are facing charges tonight for soliciting minors online.
The arrests came as part of a Sheriff's Department program designed to put a stop to online predators in our community.
The undercover operation started back in October of 2009.
Sheriff Martin Cuellar appointed a team of investigators to pose as minors on different chat sites on the web.
According to reports, within minutes of logging on, officers were often solicited by predators.
During the investigations, deputies were able to recover more than three thousand nude photos of children, bomb making materials, and a hit list of people to be killed, all from Laredoans.
Eight people have been arrested in this cases.
Three of them had other motives, one lives half a block from an elementary, the other one had in his possession materials to make a bomb and in his computer a hit list containing three names.
The other one was employed at a public library and was soliciting minors on his work computer.
Of the eight men who have been arrested and charged with online soliciting, five cases have gone to a grand jury and are awaiting prosecution.
Cuellar says this should lead as an example to parents in our community to always know what your children are doing online at all times.
The sheriff's office plans to train officers and expand the program so that more child sex predators can be taken off Laredo streets.
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Garbage in...garbage out said on Wednesday, May 12 at 1:36 AM
What a bunch of sick puppies. How in the world can someone get thrills with children? Chilo, throw this trash in prison.
43039902justified said on Wednesday, May 12 at 8:04 AM
Who says Laredo can't compete with large cities?
43051169Heh said on Wednesday, May 12 at 8:43 AM
Seems that laredoheat.com have no problem in promoting such filth. This has been going on for the past 6 years. I'm sure the owner of the site is now proud on what he was able to accomplished and promote. See how many more get caught during the next sting. In the meantime people, stay away from that place.
43054722DazednConfuzed said on Wednesday, May 12 at 1:04 PM
NO WONDER!!! Every time i go to the public library there are never any computers available to use!!! the worse that's gonna really happen under the compadre law of Laredo enacted in 1884 they will get probation, have to register as a sex offender...and...THAT's IT! the only one's that will go to jail are the one's that have a "compadre" in the system! VIVA LAREDO!!!
43077852Don't we have enough... said on Wednesday, May 12 at 5:00 PM
beer runs with nearly naked young girls working in them where these predators can go?
43096252Teen said on Saturday, May 15 at 12:54 PM
Parents get to know your sons & what they are up to. They may be hidding in the closet viewing their friends having sex, you think they are good kids. Find out, listen, correct. Corruption is all over not only on laredoheat.com.
43291621Parent said on Saturday, May 15 at 12:58 PM
Kudos to the sheriff and DA for taking an active role to prosecute child molestors. Hope these violators get jail time w/no parole. Sexual abusers WILL NEVER BE REHABILITATED THEY WILL ONLY ABUSE AGAIN EVEN AFTER JAIL TIME. I worked in the field w/those type of abusers & they cycle is NEVER BROKEN. BEWARE
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