San Angelo Man Arrested Again for Crimes Against Children

SAN ANGELO, TX— A San Angelo man has been arrested for possessing and promoting child pornography.

Benjamin Andrade, 30, of San Angelo, was arrested for possession of child pornography less than 100 images and possession with the intent to promote child pornography.

Andrade was one of several individuals arrested in 2023 in an online sting operation for online solicitation of a minor.

According to court documents, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided a cyber tip that on Nov. 24, 2024, Snapchat user “perseusjack2024” had uploaded a video suspected of containing child pornography using Snapchat.

The cyber tip also gave a birth date and listed a phone number that came back to Andrade.

The investigator submitted grand jury subpoenas were issued to Google and a search warrant was submitted to Snapchat. They provided information that Andrade is the owner of the account.

The Snapchat messages Andrade sent were reviewed, and he allegedly told multiple other users his name, his age, that he lived in San Angelo, and his phone number. He also allegedly said that he likes to smoke meth, and other messages show that he sent and traded homosexual pornography back and forth with other users.

Investigators located 13 images and videos that showed Andrade in sexual performance, smoking a meth pipe, and self-portraits. Four images and three videos contained obvious child pornography.

A San Angelo Police Department police report, which was made on the same day as the above cyber tip. An adult male filed the police report stating he had been messaging Andrade through Snapchat. The man claimed that Andrade sent him a video of “a man performing oral sex on what appeared to be a very young juvenile male”.

A search warrant was executed, and Andrade’s cell phone was seized from his residence. An interview was conducted with Andrade, who stated that the Snapchat account titled “perseusjack2024” was his account. He also stated that he viewed and saved child pornography in the past and that there were lewd images on his cell phone.

Andrade allegedly stated that the youngest child he viewed depicted in child pornography was a toddler and that video was currently saved on his cell phone.

The images listed in the affidavit ranged in length from 30 seconds to over two minutes that depicted children that ranged in ages from being a toddler to 13 years old who are participating and performing in sexual conduct with adults. One video had had the words, “Are you interested in a private story of a gay teenager daddy."

Andrade was arrested on April 2, 2025, and is being held on $80,000 bond at the Tom Green County Jail.