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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
List: 24 men accused of child solicitation in Jacksonville area, mugshots, charges
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office announced the arrests of 24 men Thursday they said tried to solicit sexual contact with individuals they believed were children. The arrests, dubbed 'Operation Rescue Our Children,' targeted people using electronic devices to solicit sexual acts from children, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said. Here are the names of the suspects, their booking photos and what they're accused of doing, according to Jacksonville police arrest reports: Initiated a one-on-one chat on a website called Sniffies and made a prearranged meeting. Lake City Police assisted. Initiated a one-on-one chat with a child on a website called Grindr. Lake City Police and Nassau County Sherriff's Office assisted. Responded to an ad posted by Law Enforcement on a website called Skipthegames. During the conversation the suspect and supposed child began communicating on Snapchat. Bay County Sheriff's Office assisted. Fisher had been chatting with detectives prior to this operation and continued chatting with multiple detectives during the operation, Jacksonville police said. Police said he initiated a one-on-one chat using a website called Skout Jacksonville. Bethel was a JSO civilian employee at the time of his arrest. He resigned immediately after his arrest. He responded to an ad law enforcement post on Grindr initiating a conversation under the user name 'Killing Time.' The conversation progressed to text messages. Initiated a one-on-one conversation on a website called Badoo and made a prearranged meeting where he was arrested May 14. Initiated a conversation on Grindr and arranged to meet someone he believed was a child, police said. Entered a group chat and started a one-on-one conversation on a website called Skipthegames. The conversation progressed to text messages and phone calls and a prearranged meeting was scheduled. Hodge was also charged with Possession of a Control Substance (Methamphetamines). Initiated a one-on-one conversation and prearranged a meeting. Responded to an ad posted by Law Enforcement on a website called Skipthegames and made a prearranged meeting. Torbello was in the country illegally, police said. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and made a prearranged meeting. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and made a prearranged meeting. 'Maldonado had a gun in his car when he arrived to the takedown location,' police said. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and made a prearranged meeting. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and made a prearranged meeting. Huger was also charged with Possession of a Control Substance (Marijuana), police said. Initiated a one-on-one chat and made a prearranged meeting. Initiated a one-on-one chat on a website called Sniffies and made a prearranged meeting. Initiated a one-on-one chat on a website called Sniffies and made a prearranged meeting. Judd had previously been arrested for similar crimes during JSO Operation Blue Hawk, police said. He was convicted and served nearly two years in prison. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and made a prearranged meeting. Initiated a conversation on a website called Skip the Game Jacksonville. Scarboro is an active duty sailor in the Navy. He had a gun in his car when he arrived to the takedown location, police said. Initiated a one-on-one chat on a website called Sniffies and made a prearranged meeting. Initiated a conversation on a website called Jack'D. The conversations progressed text messages and meeting was arranged. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and make a prearranged meeting. Cobb traveled from Orlando to meet the child. He was planning to bring the child back to Orlando with him, police said. Used the website called Skipthegames to initiate a conversation and make a prearranged meeting. Initiated a conversation one the website called Plenty of Fish then sent text messages. A prearranged meeting was then made. Sessions had a gun in his waistband when detectives apprehended him, police said. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
24 men arrested on charges related to the sexual solicitation of children, Jacksonville sheriff says
Twenty four men were arrested on charges related to soliciting sexual content from people they believed to be children. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced the arrests on Thursday. He said the arrests were the result of 'Operation Rescue Our Children,' which happened May 13-18. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office worked with other agencies as undercover detectives posed as children online. He said the men arrested range in age from 21 to 61, and some had guns and drugs in their possession at the time of their arrest. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Among those arrested were Kyle Judd, who is a registered sex offender who was arrested in 2016. Also arrested was a JSO civilian employee named Greg Bethel. After his arrest, he immediately resigned and is no longer employed by JSO, Waters said. Several more arrests are expected as a result of the operation, Waters said. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
