Arkansas cop, 31, arrested in child trafficking sting in Texas after trying to have sex with an undercover officer posing as underage girl

An Arkansas police officer was arrested in a child trafficking sting after saying he likes being ‘the one that our young people can come and talk to’.

Telvin Wilson, 31, was one of three suspects arrested during the sting in Texarkana, Texas and he was charged with online solicitation of a minor.

The Texarkana Texas Police Department detailed the two-day operation in a Facebook post, explaining that officers originally posted a fake ad on a website known to offer prostitution services and then posed as an underage girl when men responded. 

The department wrote: ‘Even though the “girl” told each of them that she talked to that she was underage, each of the three men still wanted to come meet up with her and offered to pay her for sex. 

‘When the guys showed up and knocked, they were shocked when several police officers answered the door instead of the young girl they were expecting.’

Telvin Wilson, 31, was one of three suspects arrested during a child sex trafficking sting in Texarkana, Texas and he was charged with online solicitation of a minor

Wilson was charged with online solicitation of a minor (sexual conduct) and his bail was set at $100,000

Wilson had worked for the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department since 2016.

He was charged with online solicitation of a minor (sexual conduct) and his bail was set at $100,000.

The police department told Fox News Digital that Wilson was terminated immediately after they learned about the arrest.

In an old Facebook post, Wilson wrote that he became a police officer to make a difference in his community.

‘I have always wanted to be that officer that is able to communicate with the public and be comfortable while doing so,’ a department Facebook post from February reads. 

‘I like that I stand in the gap and be the one that our young people can come and talk to.’

James Willis, 37, was charged with online solicitation of a minor, delivery of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and evading arrest. Willis was also arrested for abandoning/endangering a child with intent to return and possession of a controlled substance

Adarius Wills, 33, was charged with online solicitation of a minor and delivery of marijuana and his bond was set at $85,000

The other two suspects were Adarius Wills, 33, and James Willis, 37.

Wills was charged with online solicitation of a minor and delivery of marijuana and his bond was set at $85,000.

Willis was charged with online solicitation of a minor, delivery of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and evading arrest.

He was also charged with abandoning/endangering a child with intent to return and possession of a controlled substance. His bond has not been set. 

The department also thanked the investigators with the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety for helping with the operation.