Osorio, a full-time employee of the United States Army, was charged with solicitation of a child by computer and dissemination of obscene material to a minor. He was taken into custody at Fort Liberty in Fayetteville where he was stationed. Carras was arrested as deputies executed a search warrant at his home with the assistance of the Winston Salem Police Department.
According to a news release, the conversations the men had with officers consisted of text messaging, social media instant messaging, and phone calls. They were targeting who they thought were real victims, boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 5. Extensive interviews were conducted with the suspects arrested, and officers have evidence which has led to additional investigation into actual victims of sexual abuse.
Specific details are being withheld about this matter due to the ongoing investigation. This undercover chat was the last phase of three during Operation Blue Light. Street prostitution, online prostitution, and child solicitation were all researched and investigated by undercover deputies to see what occurs within the county.
In total, the operation took about 3, man hours to conduct. The goal was not necessarily to make arrests, but for the agency to become more experienced and educated by taking the time to personally speak with victims and suspects about their circumstances or motives.
More than thirty interviews were conducted between the three phases. In October , 15 men were charged with solicitation of prostitution for soliciting an undercover deputy in Salisbury. In March , 9 men and women showed up at a hotel in Salisbury after officers responded to online advertisements, one of which was a juvenile being forced into the sex trade. He is currently in prison serving a minimum of 89 months for promoting prostitution of a minor. Five men arrested following yearlong human trafficking investigation in Rowan Co.
