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Sex predators taken down Guadalupe County Sheriff launches online undercover operation against sex crimes Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Guadalupe County) -Guadalupe County Sheriff Joshua Ray says his office is working to take down sexual predators residing here in this community. The Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Office recently conducted an online undercover operation apprehending 14 alleged sexual predators in the Seguin area. The suspects were identified and arrested for various offenses, including online solicitation of a minor, solicitation of prostitution, and several drug charges. In a video posted on social media, the sheriff ’s office showed how officers surprised some of the suspects as they attempted to meet with what they thought was an underaged person. The sheriff ’s office set up a staged environment outside an area hotel room. Sheriff Ray says the posted video clip was all part of the sting operation. Ray says this is something that they plan to continue to use in Guadalupe County to make sure that people
aren’t preying on children in this community. “Our investigators are still learning the processes and how to tackle these types of investigations so we leaned on the Texas Department of Public Safety quite a bit because they already actively conduct these operations. They spearhead the TAG in San Antonio which is the Texas Anti-Gang initiative and investigators from all over San Antonio metro area are involved in that unit and do these types of operations on a regular basis. That, and our partnership with our local agencies is what kind of led to the collaborative effort but the idea was for us to be able to do more of this in our county,” said Ray. Ray says the number of sexual predators and sex crimes, in general, continue to grow, which is one of the reasons for the sting operation. Ray says 14 suspects were drawn to that hotel room in a span of just three days. Predators, pg. 3
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