Authorities said more arrests are pending.
) - Eight men were arrested in in Santa Rosa County in an undercover operation where they thought they were meeting up with a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Between Aug. 20 and Aug. 23rd, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, with help from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Air Force Office of Special Operations, conducted a targeted undercover operation aimed at catching cyber-suspects trying to engage in illegal activity with minors.
Their charges range from two counts of obscene communications to drug charges. All have been released from jail with bond. Sheriff Bob Johnson said undercover detectives posed as 14-year-old girls on the internet and arranged to meet up with the men. When they got to the meeting spot, they were met by deputies and taken into custody.
Sheriff Johnson says there are 11 more pending arrests as part of the operation for those who didn’t travel for the meet up, but did solicitate and send inappropriate messages and pictures.Court records reveal new details about death of Mobile man allegedly by girlfriendMPD: 6 people shot in area of Paper Mill Road early Sunday, including one juvenilePolice arrest suspect in Dawes Road shooting
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