Authorities arrest 59 people in North Texas online child sex exploitation operation
Law enforcement authorities have in the last six weeks in North Texas arrested 59 people in connection with child sex crimes involving the internet.
The arrests were announced on Friday by the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the FBI Dallas Division’s Child Exploitation Task Force.
The arrests made by law enforcement agencies across the region under Operation Janus began on Jan. 16 and ended on Feb. 10.
The suspects trafficked illegal images of children forced into sex acts, authorities said.
The authorities said that they seized terabytes of data and electronic devices used in crimes. The evidence is being examined forensically and may lead to the investigation of others.
Twenty-eight children who were victims of online sexual abuse were identified during the operation.
The suspects who have been charged are:
▪ Mickail Dukes; Manifestation of Prostitution; Dallas PD
▪ Justin Peters; Possession of Child Pornography; Garland PD
▪ Noah Craver; Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Vincent Hammack; Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Joshua Drake; Possession of Child Pornography; Wylie PD
▪ Michael A. Newhouse, Jr.; Possession of Child Pornography Possession of Lewd Visual Material; Texas DPS
▪ Michael W. Newhouse, Sr.; Possession of Child Pornography; Texas DPS
▪ Michael Sinnreich; Possession of Child Pornography; Wylie PD
▪ Ernest Martinez; Possession of Child Pornography; Abilene PD
▪ Isaac Hernandez; Possession of Child Pornography; Irving PD
▪ Marcus Lugo; Possession of Child Pornography; Abilene PD
▪ Juan Juarez; Promotion of Child Pornography; Wylie PD
▪ Jesse McFall; Possession of Child Pornography; Dallas PD/Denton PD
▪ Eduardo Ramirez; Receiving/Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Jesse Giesbrecht; Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography; Seminole County Sheriff’s Office/FBI
▪ Ubaydah Fadel; Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Ivan Hernandez; Sexual Assault of a Child; Dallas PD
▪ Ralph Brooks Brown; Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Anthony Johnson; Possession with Intent to Promote with Prior Conviction; Dallas PD
▪ Nathan Abramovich; Possession of Child Pornography; Wylie PD
▪ Corey Smith Shaw; Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Nathanel Black; Possession of Child Pornography; Irving PD
▪ Steve Martin; Possession of Child Pornography; Plano PD
▪ Tracey Couey; Possession of Child Pornography; Dallas PD
▪ Ramiro Mendoza; Lara Possession of Child Pornography; Irving PD
▪ Charles Stanfiel; Possession of Child Pornography; Abilene PD
▪ Edward Rodriquez; Online Solicitation of a Minor; Abilene PD
▪ Shemar Green; Possession of Child Pornography and Transportation of Child Pornography; FBI-Lubbock/Snyder PD
▪ Cassidy Lush; Distribution of Child Pornography; FBI – Lubbock
▪ David Espinoza; Possession of Child Pornography; FBI – Lubbock
▪ Jonathan Paige; Kidnapping/Sex Assault of a Child; Plano PD
▪ Christopher Berger; Promotion of Child Pornography; Dallas PD
▪ Justin Wyly; Possession of Child Pornography; Hopkins County SO
▪ James Wilborn; Indecency with a Child; Dallas PD
▪ Thomas Dobbs; Possession of Child Pornography; Abilene PD
▪ Craig Schamberger; Online Solicitation; Fort Worth PD
▪ Jason Till; Production of Child Pornography; Homeland Security Investigations
▪ Pipino Alfredo Castelan Diaz; Solicitation of Prostitution of a Minor
▪ Irving Woods; Online Solicitation; Fort Worth PD/Alaska State Troopers/US Secret Service
▪ Demon Driver; Possession of Child Pornography; Dallas PD
▪ Joseph Sterle; Possession of Child Pornography; DPS-Texarkana
▪ Stephen Benzenhafer; Online Solicitation of a Minor; Plano PD
▪ Silvestre Diaz; Indecent Assault; Wylie PD
▪ Juan Blaylock; Possession of Child Pornography; Dallas PD
▪ Maximillian Arya; Possession of Child Pornography; Dallas PD
▪ Gary Mathis; Promotion of Child Pornography; Dallas PD
▪ Anthony Garza; Misdemeanor Charge; Lubbock PD
▪ Haseeb Memon; Possession with Intent to Promote Child Pornography; Wylie PD
▪ Sierra Hendry; Bestiality; Dallas PD
▪ Rit Tran; Distribution of Child Pornography; FBI – Dallas
▪ Javier Montano; Sex Abuse of a Child; Fort Worth PD
This story was originally published February 17, 2023 at 5:36 PM.
