FORMER ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR SENTENCED IN SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATION

On March 20, 2024, the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office was contacted by administrative personnel of the Wall Independent School District about several underage female students receiving sexually explicit communications from an unknown individual. This unknown individual was utilizing TikTok and a texting app.  The Sheriff's Office started a criminal investigation into the complaint.

During the subsequent investigation, investigators learned the individual communicated via sexually explicit language describing sexual conduct, attempted to solicit sexually explicit photographs from underage females, and provided a pornographic photographic image to a female child younger than 15 years of age. 

During the investigation, the suspect was identified as Joshua Alexander Carroll, 33 YOA of San Angelo. Carroll has been employed as an Assistant Band Director by the Wall Independent School District since January 2022.

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Carroll was arrested by investigators from the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office, and a search warrant was conducted for electronic devices under his care at his residence and those located inside Wall High School. Carroll was charged with one count of Online Solicitation of a Minor. On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Carroll was released from jail on a $45,000 bond.

During a subsequent investigation, it was determined Carroll was in possession of child pornography and later found to have produced it. Carroll was subsequently re-arrested on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, on a federal detainer and re-booked into the Tom Green County Jail. 

Today, December 12, 2024, Joshua Carroll was sentenced at the George H. Mahon Federal Building and US Courthouse in Lubbock, Texas.  The Honorable James Wesley Hendrix sentenced Carroll to 30 years in prison and 20 years supervised release after release, for the offense of Production of Child Pornography.