Murphy, TX –  In July of this year, police officers in Murphy, Texas worked with the group Perverted Justice in an attempt to identify, locate and capture those in society who would prey upon the children of this and other communities. Perverted Justice has been operational now for some four (4) years and has been the catalyst behind more than 260 arrests this year which now represent more than 80 convictions nationwide. The efforts in July produced four arrests based on information received from Perverted Justice. In addition the Murphy Police Department made two more arrests during that time period. One case began as an internet chat and the other a case of a Murphy resident who had been sexually abusing his own niece.

With the success realized in July during such a short time span, it became evident that such activity was even more prevalent in the North Texas area than what the Murphy Police Department would have ever realized. As a result, the department made plans and partnered again with Perverted Justice and Dateline NBC to run another sting operation in an effort to try and remove as many of these predators from the streets as possible. This time, a four (4) day operation run from a location inside the City of Murphy netted more than 20 internet child predator suspects. While some residents do not agree with the operation being brought into our city, Chief Billy Myrick states that everyone needs to understand that this is not just a problem affecting this city. These internet predators are operating everywhere, they know no bounds and will go after anyone’s child to satisfy their own personal interests.

The predators captured during this event did not know that our department had partnered with Perverted Justice and Dateline NBC. They had no way of knowing that this was a sting operation or that they were about to be arrested. These offenders came to Murphy because they actually believed that they were in contact with a 13 to 14 year old child with whom they would engage in sexual contact. Two of these predators drove from the Houston, one came from Oklahoma and many others live just moments away from this community. We are committed to this community’s welfare and we believe that we are doing the right thing.

The following is a list of those who were arrested or charged in the most recent operation. After arrest, these offenders were arraigned before Murphy Municipal Court Judge, Cathy Haden, who set bonds ranging between $50,000.00 and $100,000.00. They were then transported to the Collin County Jail by personnel from the Collin County Sheriff’s Department.

1. Eric Rubalcava, age 31 from Houston;
2. John Baker, age 25 from Frisco;
3. Stanley Kendall, age 54 from Mesquite;
4. Timothy Gilliam, age 32 from Flower Mound;
5. Asif Khokar, age 27 from Houston;
6. Samuel Tanguma, age 27 from Grand Prairie;
7. Steve Rosello, age 32 from Kennedale;
8. Edward Hollingsworth, age 35 from Dallas;
9. Milan Mehta, age 46 from Richardson;
10. Sajjad Mohammad, age 43 from MURPHY
11. David Pann, age 40 from Lewisville;
12. Alan Chernnay, age 58 from Plano;
13. William Dow, age 63 from Carrollton;
14. Kevin Carroll, age 37 from Carrollton;
15. Jose Soto, age 54 from Mesquite;
16. Christopher Cothrum, age 23 from Westworth Village;
17. Justin Estes, age 27 from Plano;
18. Paulo Deassuncao, age 37 from McKinney;
19. Timothy Knowles, age 35 from Euless;
20. Patrick Parr, age 33 from Frisco;
21. Randall Wolford, age 52 from Whitewright; and
22. Louis W. Conradt, age 56 from Terrell

All of the men in these cases have been charged with the offense of ON-LINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. Based on the specifics of the individual cases, some of these individuals have been charged with a Felony of the 3rd Degree and some with a Felony of the 2nd Degree. These cases will be presented to the Collin County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution. Additional charges could be forthcoming as these investigations continue.