A Germantown man is among five men arrested by Howard County Police Department during a multi-day undercover child exploitation operation aimed at identifying people seeking to sexually exploit children.
Police said each suspect communicated with undercover officers through various online apps before arranging to meet fictional juveniles at an undisclosed location in Columbia for sexual activity.
Among those arrested was 34-year-old Santos Alexi Andrade Maltez of Germantown. The other suspects identified by police were Andrew Scott Kraemer, 35, of Pasadena; Logan Proctor Ehren, 32, of Ft. Meade; William Rodney Moser, 29, of Rocky Ridge; and Madus R. Wijesuriya Arachchige Don, 29, of Frederick…