The husband and wife remain jailed on two charges, with bonds totaling $400,000 for each.
GUADALUPE COUNTY, Texas — A couple who lives in an upscale New Braunfels neighborhood remains in the Guadalupe County Jail with bonds totaling $400,000 each on sex charges.
Guadalupe County Sheriff Joshua Ray said, “They are husband and wife, Scott and Angel Mikos. Mr. Mikos was charged with possession of child pornography greater than 50 images, and Ms. Mikos was charged with less than 10 images, and both of them also received a charge of bestiality.”
Ray said the case was initially developed by Homeland Security as part of an undercover operation, and that federal agents eventually handed the case off to a local team.
Guadalupe County investigators used a search warrant to review digital evidence that led them to pursue charges against the couple, who live on the south side of New Braunfels, but just south of the Guadalupe County line.
An affidavit that details the case says it dates back to April 2024 when federal undercover agents claim they purchased images they classified as homemade child sexual abuse material featuring bestiality from Angel Mikos.
The document goes on to state that after the buy, agents executed a search warrant and seized numerous electronic devices from the home.
The affidavit details how the case was then turned over to local detectives, who obtained a warrant to view the material stored on phones belonging to both 44-year-old Angel and 56-year-old Scott.
Ray said they are trying to determine how many of the children in the images might be local victims.
As for the bestiality charge, Ray said a dog that appears in some of the images was found at the home.
Ray said, “We are currently applying for a search warrant to seize the animal so that when they are released, the animal will be protected and won’t be back in that environment.”
The Sheriff credits the success of the operation to a specialty team of investigators in his office who target child predators on the internet.
“They’ve been doing it for a little over a year now and they’ve gotten really good at it and we’ve made a lot of significant arrests,” Ray said of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) team.
Ray said, “It’s a unit that I created when I took office last year and their main purpose is to pursue child predators and child exploitation cases.”
Investigators are continuing to work the case and Ray says if they discover additional evidence they may pursue additional charges.
The Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency dispatch line is 830-379-1224 for anyone who may have information about this or any similar case.
The FBI also maintains a website to gather information about possible cases of child exploitation or abuse.