Overview
- Manvel police arrested seven men in a multi-day online operation led by the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
- Investigators said the suspects believed they were communicating with minors and each faces a charge of online solicitation of a minor.
- Police identified 50-year-old Louis Anthony Salinas, a former Children’s Museum of Houston employee, and his LinkedIn lists him as director of media production since 2021.
- The museum said the allegations did not arise from its programs, said it acted immediately after learning of them, and emphasized background checks and other child-safety rules.
- The ICAC model uses decoy accounts and coordinated teams to find suspected online predators, and Manvel police said four additional arrests are pending as warrants are finalized.