Former West Texas City Manager Convicted After Arranging Hotel Meeting with Officer Posing as Teens, Prosecutors Say

Former Anson City Manager Convicted for Enticement of a Minor

ABILENE, Texas - An Abilene federal jury convicted the former Anson, Texas City Manager of attempted enticement of a minor, announced United States

Former West Texas city manager convicted after arranging hotel meeting with officer posing as teens, prosecutors say

Jurors deliberated just 30 minutes before finding the former Anson official guilty in the federal case.

Former Anson City Manager Convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor

ABILENE, Texas — A federal jury in Abilene has convicted Ervin Joe Campbell, a 64-year-old former city manager of Anson, Texas, of attempted enticement of a minor.

Former Anson City Manager Arrested For Soliciting Sex with a Minor

(WBAP/KLIF) — An Abilene federal jury convicted the former Anson City Manager of attempting have sex with a minor. U.S. District Attorney Ryan Raybould says 64-year-old Ervin Joe Campbell was convicted after a one-day trial of one count of attempted enticement of a minor. Campbell was arrested after arranging to meet two teenage girls for sex in an online chat, which turned out to be a texas law enforcement sting operation. Homeland Security Spe…

Jury convicts former Anson official of attempted child crime

A federal jury in Abilene convicted a former Anson city manager of attempting to entice a minor for sex.

Former Anson city manager found guilty of attempted enticement of a minor

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Former Anson City Manager Ervin Campbell has been found guilty of attempted enticement of a minor following a federal investigation. Ervin Joe "Sonny" Campbell was arrested in February 2026 during a multi-agency prostitution sting operation led by the Abilene Police Department and federal law enforcement partners. According to prosecutors, Campbell was [...]