Internet Crimes Against Children Operation Spring Cleaning

04/23/24

Internet Crimes Against Children Operation Spring Cleaning

The Sacramento Valley Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force completed a three-day undercover chat operation, where undercover Detectives posed as children 13 years old (and younger) and were solicited for sex online. The operation resulted in 24 arrests and utilized nearly 100 officers from 21 different law enforcement agencies including, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, Rancho Cordova Police Department, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, Citrus Heights Police Department, Sacramento Police Department, San Joaquin Sheriff's Office, Elk Grove Police Department, Folsom Police Department, Placer County Sheriff's Office, Rocklin Police Department, Placer County District Attorney's Office, El Dorado County District Attorney's Office, California Highway Patrol, California Department of Justice, Sacramento County Probation, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Sacramento, Homeland Security Investigations, Sutter County District Attorney's Office, Turlock Police Department, Tracy Police Department, and the Yolo County Sheriff's Office.

The following suspects were arrested for various crimes including PC 288.3(a) - Contact a minor with the intent of sex (Felony); PC 288.2(a)(2) - Harmful matter sent to a child (Felony); PC 288.4(a)(1) - Arranging a meeting with a minor (Misdemeanor); PC 664/288(a) - Attempt Lewd act with a child under the age of 14 (Felony); PC 664/288(b)(1) - Lewd acts with a minor by force or fear (Felony); PC 664/311.4(c) - attempted child pornography production (Felony); and PC 30605(a) - Illegal possession of assault weapon (Felony):

David Castillo (Woodland), David Melo (Stockton), Karamveer Singh (Fairfield), Alonzo Norton (Elk Grove), Moncure Brown (Tracy), Jorge Shockeyreis (North Highlands), Jesus Lopez-Galiano (Sacramento), Edwin Solano-Majano (Antioch), Joshua Price (Sacramento), Mark Sigl (Sacramento), Christopher Varela (Woodland), Edgar Garcia-Alvarez (Modesto), Spencer Parker (Carmichael), Randall Huddleston (Sacramento), Victor Ramirez (Modesto), Jeffrey Russell (Modesto), Dean Rutter (Placer County), William Petrone (Lodi), Manish Pandey (Campbell), Thomas French (Vacaville), Kevin Wood (Modesto), Hanmeet Sarang (Fremont), Saul Alvarez (Stockton), and Jeffrey Villalobos (Martinez).

A video detailing the operation can be found on the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office social media channels, including YouTube at: https://youtu.be/_E0k3OfKgaM?si=5vwJU-Pltp9ytMl3

Sergeant Amar Gandhi
Sheriff's Spokesman