A State Grand Jury has indicted more Arizona men in connection with an online undercover operation aimed at identifying individuals interested in using the Internet to meet up with minors for sex. Each of the seven men is accused of arriving at undercover locations to meet up with who they believed were minors in order to complete the sex acts.
Kristopher Haas (36), David Alan Chickering (55), Robert John Macadam (50), Lee Guzman-Saldivar (27), Sean Grimes (54), Scott Jackson (33), and Moroni Ayala (43) are all accused of soliciting sex from undercover agents who were posing as minors on various social media platforms.
Operation Summer Shield was conducted over a week-long period and was the result of joint investigative efforts by the Tempe Police Department, the Mesa Police Department, and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. 26 men in total were arrested in the operation that ran from June 29 to July 3. The total number of defendants indicted to date is 11.
The charges are:
KRISTOPHER HAAS
● Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation (5 Counts)
● Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor
DAVID ALAN CHICKERING
● Solicitation to Commit Child Sex Trafficking
● Attempted Money Laundering
● Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor
ROBERT JOHN MACADAM
● Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation
● Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor
● Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (2 Counts)
● Possession of Marijuana
LEE GUZMAN-SALDIVAR
● Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation
● Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor
SEAN GRIMES
● Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation
SCOTT ALEXANDER JACKSON
● Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation
● Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor
MORONI AYALA
● Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation
● Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor
● Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (2 Counts)
● Possession of Dangerous Drugs