Category Archive for : ‘STINGS’

Author: WTHR.com staff

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — Eleven Indiana men were arrested in a three-day child sex sting operation, conducted by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Franklin Police Department and Marion County Sheriff’s Office. This was the third child sex sting operation conducted in the last two years by the departments. Detectives set up fake profiles on sexual websites posing as underage teens. Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess said the profiles were very specific that the person was a minor. “Parents need to be very vigilant in reviewing the sites that

By KOLD News 13 Staff

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – Nearly 30 Arizona residents were arrested during a large-scale undercover operation targeting child sex crimes and human trafficking.

According to the Phoenix Police Department, the sting lasted several days last month and was called “Operation April’s Fools.”

The PPD said it worked with the police departments from Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Glendale and Surprise along with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, FBI, Homeland Security and Arizona Attorney Generals Office.

“Throughout the operational period, undercover detectives placed ads on websites commonly sought out by

By Stephen Sorace | Fox News

A two-day undercover human trafficking sting in Tennessee led to the arrests of eight men who allegedly sought to illicit sex from minors, investigators said Monday.

The operation began Thursday as an effort to address human trafficking in East Tennessee, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said.

Investigators put up several decoy advertisements on websites with known links to prostitution and commercial sex cases to identify individuals seeking to engage in sex acts with minors, the agency said.

The decoy ads attracted eight men, all of whom were

By Casey Harrison

A star on the former MTV show “Making the Band” has been booked into jail in Las Vegas on a sex trafficking charge, according to Metro Police.

Kevin Barnes, 27, and known by the moniker “Chopper,” was booked Monday in the Clark County Detention Center on one count of sex trafficking of an adult, police said in a release. Barnes had a large social media following that he used to recruit women to be sex workers, police said.

Barnes was arrested earlier this month and was being extradited to Las

By WCJB Staff

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – 22 men are facing charges for sex crimes, including the son of an Ocala city council member.

Over the course of six days, undercover deputies from Marion County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies posed as teenagers online.

19 men traveled to locations around the county thinking they were meeting a child between the ages of 12 and 16 for sex.

Three more men were arrested on warrants for sending sexual images to people they thought were children.

Molly Curley – Yesterday 12:47 PM

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) – A Marine from Beaufort was arrested in an undercover operation last week for allegedly attempting to have sex with a minor, officials said.

The Island News reports Sgt. Devin Pafford, 27, is stationed at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.

According to the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office, on St. Patrick’s Day, Pafford arrived at a predetermined location in Camden with the intent to engage in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl.

Officers attempted to confront Pafford at the scene when he took off, leading