Longview Sting Leads to Four Arrests
Posted/updated on: May 27, 2017 at 4:04 pm
LONGVIEW – Four men have been arrested in Longview in separate cases of soliciting minors. The sting operation was headed up by the Child Exploitation Unit of the Texas Attorney Generals Office. The four thought they were making arrangements with a 15 year old to have sex. It turned out they were corresponding with an officer in an undercover operation. Arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor, sexual conduct, were 27 year old Nehemias Pineda, of Tyler, (pictured) 49 year old Johnny Houston Jr. of Gilmer, 29 year old Joaquin Pineda of Henderson, and 32 year old Shane Jeffery Chapman of Hallsville. Chapman was also charged with unlawfully carrying a handgun.
