Category Archive for : ‘ARIZONA’

March 31, 2021
ABC 15

MESA, AZ — The Mesa Police Department says six men were arrested during a recent child sex crimes undercover operation.
Mesa police say they partnered with Homeland Security Investigations and the Attorney General’s Office during “Operation Leather Mitt,” which targeted child sex crime offenders and human trafficking.
Officers tracked websites commonly used by suspects looking for illegal sex acts, specifically involving children. The suspects solicited and or brokered deals with undercover officers in each case and were eventually arrested.
The six men arrested in this operation were Jonathan Techur, Douglas

February 21, 2021
Audrey Conklin
Fox News

The Phoenix Police Department, in partnership with other Arizona authorities, on Friday announced 37 arrests in connection to human trafficking and sex crimes.
Undercover police placed ads on websites commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts with children as part of an investigation dubbed Operation Broken Hearts.
The probe targeted “sexual predators engaged in child sex crimes and human trafficking,” Phoenix police wrote in a Friday Facebook post.
Suspects “solicited and/or brokered deals for various sex acts and were subsequently arrested,” police said.
Police told Fox News that

December 14, 2020
AZ Family

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Eleven men, including a registered sex offender, have been arrested in an undercover operation targeting online predators in the Phoenix area.
Phoenix police and Chandler police partnered up to find online predators who were seeking to have sexual conduct with children and human trafficking.
Police said officers and undercover detectives placed ads on websites and apps commonly used by child sex suspects seeking illegal sex acts with children or finding adults/children for prostitution purposes between Nov. 30 and Dec. 4.
The suspects listed below allegedly solicited

August 19, 2020
Audrey Jensen
Az central

A man was arrested at his residence in Surprise on Wednesday after police found dozens of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse and assault on his SD card, according to officials.
Between August 2019 and January 2020, Surprise police received six cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reporting an IP address that was transmitting child sexual abuse materials, according to court documents.
Police found that a minimum of six child sexual abuse images were transmitted from the IP address, according to court

February 5, 2020
Jeff Williamson
WSLS

PHOENIX – A recent operation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations’ Phoenix office has arrested more than two dozen individuals suspected of child sex crimes.
Operation Silent Predator was an undercover operation targeting the demand for child sex crimes and human trafficking.
During the operational period, officers and undercover detectives placed ads on websites and apps which are commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts with children.
As part of the investigation, 26 suspects were identified for soliciting and/or brokering deals for various sex

January 30, 2020
Matt Galka
Fox 10 Phoenix

PHOENIX – Police say 27 people were arrested in connection to an undercover operation targeting child sex crimes and human trafficking in the Valley.
Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, and the Chandler Police Departments partnered with Homeland Security and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office for “Operation Silent Predator,” where undercover police officers arranged sex acts with people whom the suspects believed to be 14-years-old or younger.
“They were using social media to silently enter in our homes, our children’s bedrooms,” said Phoenix City Councilmember Michael Nowakowski.
As a result of