Law enforcement in Seminole County announced on March 24 that they arrested 26 men in a child sex sting. In the sting, police officers posed as children online where the men made contact with them. In the sting, the officers posed as 11-14 year olds and had internet chats and even phone conversations with the […]
Computer Sex Crimes
Two Fort Myers Teens Reportedly Among Victims of National Child Porn Ring
In mid-March, the Department of Homeland security announced that it had arrested 14 men across the nation for running a child pornography website which contained videos of hundreds of teenage boys in a sting called “Operation Round Table”. According to law enforcement, 26-year-old Jonathan Johnson posed as a teenage girl on various social networking sites […]
Entrapment Defenses For People Arrested in Undercover Sex Sting Operations
The Manatee County Sherriff's Department recently arrested 25 suspected pedophiles through the promise of sex with an underage girl. Officers posed as the mother of a 13 year old girl on an incest chat room and promised men that she would allow them to have sex with her daughter. The men then showed up at […]
Undercover Sex Sting Operation in Manatee County Results in 25 Arrests
Between February 10 and February 17, undercover officers from the Manatee County Sherriff's Department posed as minors online in order to catch child predators. The officers arranged meetings with 25 men in their homes, where the men believed that they were going to be having sexual encounters with minors. Among the charges faced by the […]
