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.  

Through this investigation, several underage students have been confirmed as having been targeted by this suspect.    The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office requests anyone who has information or believes their child to have been solicited by this individual to contact the Criminal Investigation Division of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office at 325-655-8111.