Arkansas police officer, 31, arrested in Texas child trafficking stabbing after he tried to have sex with an undercover cop posing as an underage girl
- Telvin Wilson was charged with online solicitation of a minor with $100,000 bail
An Arkansas police officer was arrested in a child trafficking stabbing after saying he likes to be “the one our young people can come and talk to.”
Telvin Wilson, 31, was one of three suspects arrested in the stabbing in Texarkana, Texas and was charged with online solicitation of a minor, with $100,000 bail.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department detailed the two-day operation in a Facebook post, explaining that officers originally posted a fake ad on a website known to offer prostitution services and then posed as an underage girl when men responded.
The department wrote, “Although the “girl” told each of them she had talked to her about being underage, the three men still wanted to meet her and offered to pay her for sex.
“When the boys showed up and knocked on the door, they were startled when several police officers opened the door instead of the young girl they were expecting.”
Telvin Wilson, 31, was one of three suspects arrested in a child sex trafficking stabbing spree in Texarkana, Texas, and charged with online solicitation of a minor
Wilson was charged with online solicitation of a minor (sexual conduct) and his bail was set at $100,000
Wilson had worked for the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department since 2016.
Police told Fox News Digital that Wilson was fired immediately after learning of the arrest.
In an old Facebook post, Wilson wrote that he became a police officer to make a difference in his community.
“I’ve always wanted to be that officer who is able to communicate with the public and feel comfortable doing so,” reads a February Facebook post from the department.
“I like that I’m standing in the gap and being the one our young people can come and talk to.”
James Willis, 37, was charged with soliciting a minor online, delivering a controlled substance, resisting arrest and evading arrest. Willis was also arrested for abandoning/endangering a child with intent to return and possession of a controlled substance
Adarius Wills, 33, was charged with online solicitation of a minor and supply of marijuana and his bail was set at $85,000
The other two suspects were Adarius Wills, 33, and James Willis, 37.
Wills was charged with online solicitation of a minor and supply of marijuana and his bail was set at $85,000.
Willis was charged with online solicitation of a minor, supplying a controlled substance, resisting arrest and evading arrest.
He was also charged with abandoning/endangering a child with intent to return and possession of a controlled substance. His bail has not been set.
The department also thanked investigators from the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety for helping with the operation.