Highlights
- Emmanuel Carreon, 37, of Glendale, was booked on one count of felony child sex trafficking after a Chandler Police undercover sting.
- Carreon allegedly offered $100 for sex with someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl, then drove to a Chandler apartment complex to meet her.
- Assigned to Lower Buckeye Jail in April after graduating the MCSO Detention Academy, Carreon is now on paid administrative leave with a $200,000 bond.
- A status conference is set for June 4 and a preliminary hearing for June 8 in Maricopa County Superior Court.
A Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer faces a felony child sex trafficking charge after Chandler Police arrested him in an undercover sting, according to court records reviewed by KTAR and independently confirmed by ABC15 and 12News.
Emmanuel Carreon, 37, of Glendale, was booked Thursday after allegedly contacting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl over social media and arranging to pay for sex. The account was operated by an undercover Chandler Police Department officer.
Carreon twice offered money for sex during the exchange, court records show. He sent two photos of himself, which investigators used to identify him through open-source databases. After offering $100, he set up a meeting at a Chandler apartment complex, where surveillance officers watched him make several laps through the parking lot before texting the account and asking the girl to come outside. Chandler Police pulled him over and arrested him without incident. He was found with $100 in cash and a male enhancement supplement at the time of arrest.
The probable cause statement states that Carreon admitted he knew what he was doing was wrong and that he was not thinking straight.
Carreon graduated from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Detention Academy and was assigned to the Lower Buckeye Jail in April, the sheriff's office said. The office placed him on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation and said it remains committed to working with Chandler Police and maintaining accountability expected of all employees.
His bond was set at $200,000. He was found eligible for a public defender.
What happens next in court?
Carreon has a status conference scheduled for June 4 and a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 8 in Maricopa County Superior Court. Both proceedings will take place before a judge determines whether the case proceeds to trial.
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