UPDATE 7/24/2025 - On July 23, 2025, a sixth individual was arrested as a result of the operation targeting suspects who use the internet to solicit underage individuals for sex. The arrest comes as a result of the initial three-day operation. Richard Heiden (35) of Delta was arrested and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on the following charges:

• Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child (F4)
• Internet Luring of a Child (F5)
• Obscenity (F6)

We'd again like to thank our law enforcement partners for their collaboration in this operation.

Last week, local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies conducted a three-day operation in an effort to locate internet child sex predators in and around Mesa County.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Grand Junction Police Department, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Colorado State Patrol, the 21st Judicial District-District Attorney's Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a three-day operation targeting suspects who use the internet to solicit underage individuals for sex. 

Throughout the three-day operation, a total of five people were arrested and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility:

• Randy Abeyta (61), of Grand Junction, was arrested for Internet Luring of a Child F4 and Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child F5.
• Bobby Adams (23), of Grand Junction, was arrested for Pandering of a Child F3.
• Fidel Nunez-Morales (37), of Montrose, was arrested for Soliciting for Child Prostitution F3 and Pandering of a Child F3.
• Robert Turner (55), of Delta, was arrested for Soliciting for Child Prostitution F3 and Pandering of a Child F3.
• Everett Kiser (41), of Grand Junction,  was arrested for Soliciting for Child Prostitution F3 and Pandering of a Child F3

All Law Enforcement Agencies involved in this operation want these arrests to serve as a warning to those who knowingly and willfully solicit underage individuals for sexual acts that these crimes are not tolerated in Mesa County.

Charges in a criminal case are allegations, and all defendants charged with crimes have a presumption of innocence.