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Eight Arrested in Rockwall Online Child Solicitation Sting

Eight men are charged with online solicitation of a minor after an undercover sting by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the Rockwall County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators posed as children online, and each of the men allegedly traveled to a predetermined location in Rockwall County, where they expected to engage in sexual conduct with a child, the attorney general's office said.

Online solicitation of a minor is a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison.

The men arrested include:

  •       Ashvin Ranpariya, 34
  •       Cody Elvis Wayne Summers, 27
  •       Justin Reis Mayer, 33
  •       Ryan Dale Trahan, 21
  •       Terry Allen Ford, 51
  •       Jonathan Rangel Salazar, 21
  •       Ryan Scott Magby, 27
  •       Jeffrey Scott Miller, 52

The attorney general's office has more information about cyber safety and how to protect your children while online: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cj/cyber-safety.

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