Overview
- Police arrested Emmanuel Reyes-Carreon after an undercover Chandler operation alleged he tried to meet what officers say was a 15-year-old for sex, the stop and arrest occurring Thursday.
- Court documents show the operation began when Reyes-Carreon contacted a social-media account that detectives were running as a purported minor and sent two photos of himself.
- Investigators used the images and open-source databases to identify him, then followed a silver Kia to an apartment complex, stopped the vehicle as it left, and recovered a cellphone and items cited as evidence.
- During a recorded interview, officers say Reyes-Carreon admitted offering to pay for sex in his vehicle for $100, identified himself as an MCSO detention officer, and told police he was "not thinking straight."
- The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirmed he graduated from the detention academy in April, was assigned to Lower Buckeye Jail, has been placed on paid administrative leave, and the case is now set for a June 8 preliminary hearing while the investigation continues.