Arredondo was one of five people arrested in March during the operation. Salazar faces the same charge. According to the Lubbock Police Department, he contacted an undercover DPS investigator he believed was a 16-year-old girl and continued the conversation even after learning her age.
The indictments mark a formal step forward for two of the five people swept up in the March operation. A grand jury indictment means prosecutors have enough evidence to move the cases toward trial, turning arrests from earlier this year into active criminal charges in Lubbock's court system.
For parents and neighbors following the case, the indictments confirm that law enforcement built cases solid enough to proceed. Online solicitation of a minor charges carry serious weight in Texas, and these two men now face that reality in court rather than just an arrest record.
Only two of the five people arrested in the spring sting have reached this stage, a reminder of how long prosecution can take after the handcuffs go on.