ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — Abilene police have arrested 29 men on child sex charges.
In a news release issued late Monday afternoon, the Abilene Police Department (APD) says an undercover operation landed 29 offenders, with another arrest pending.
The men are accused of using public webpages, internet sites and social media applications to exploit minors, and showing up to arranged meetings with minors for sexual encounters, APD says.
The Cyber Crimes Unit, Fraud Unit, and Special Operations Division collaborated with the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division and U.S. Marshals for the undercover investigation.
APD says this is an ongoing investigation.
Carleel Malik Crowley 
Clinton Jack Lundy 
Gabriel Anthony Morales 
Geoffrey William Hupp 
Hector David Gloria 
James Rufus Powell Jr. 
Jonathan Todd Flint 
Jose De Jesus Calzoncinth 
Jose De Jesus Gonzalez 
Joshua Isac Kendrick 
Kenneth Dean Kocher 
Michael Delaney Martinez 
Michael Wayne Cook 
Mitchell Charles Knapp 
Morgan Edward Layton 
Quinten Clay Edwards 
Samuel Joseph Kuehn 
Virgil Lynn Perkins 
David Dell Turnage 
Elijah Ojeda 
Jonathan Pressley 
Joseph Mitchell 
Karif Anderson 
Michael Dawson 
Michael Hawley 
Roberto Morales 
Rufus Smith 
Caleb Johnson 
Conor Yerby
