Sheriff Grady Judd said one of the suspects told authorities, 'I knew one day you'd be here to pick me up.'
A month-long undercover investigation by Florida deputies has resulted in over 2,000 felony charges against 16 men—the youngest being 15 years old.
One of the men arrested, Patrick Johanson, was a corrections officer at the Polk Correctional Institute. Detectives searched Johanson's electronic devices and reportedly found images of children, some as young as six months old, being sexually battered.Judd said Johanson told detectives,"I knew one day you'd be here to pick me up."
One tip led them to execute a warrant at the residence of 32-year-old Harrison Egbert. Authorities said they found thousands of videos and images of children as young as 2 being sexually battered.
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