LONGVIEW, Texas - More than 70 Texas law enforcement agencies are warning online child predators to back off. Last week, ...

DALLAS — The North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and FBI Dallas’s North Texas Child Exploitation Task Force announce the conclusion of Operation Soteria Shield, a month-long ...

Operation Soteria Shield, a joint law enforcement effort in North Texas, resulted in the rescue of 109 children and 244 arrests related to online sexual exploitation.

Operation Soteria Shield, which began in April, led to the rescue of 109 children. "During this operation, many of the children recognized or rescued were previously unidentified," said Plano ...

Walter Lynn Baird, 69, of Grand Saline, who was arrested after police say they found child pornography on several electronic devices in his residence, was arrested as part of the Soteria Shield ...

The operation, called Operation Soteria Shield, took place throughout April 2025 and used the expertise of computer crimes investigators. In addition to the arrests and rescues, ...

A 2025 FBI operation ended with more than 200 people arrested and more than 100 children rescued, according to FBI Dallas and the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

An FBI operation in North Texas ended with 244 people being charged and arrested for crimes of child pornography and sex ...

Curtis George, the owner and operator of PanicStream, was among the 244 people charged in a child sex crime operation.

Operation Soteria Shield resulted in the rescue of 109 children and the arrest of 244 alleged offenders. In addition to these enforcement actions, investigators seized extensive volumes of digital ...