BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced more than two dozen arrests and hundreds of charges connected to Operation Safe Childhood, a summer-long, multi-agency effort targeting online sex crimes.
In one investigation, detectives targeted registered sex offenders to make sure their online activity complied with the law.
The MCSO Sex Offender Unit and Florida Department of Law Enforcement identified violations involving 15 sex offenders and sexual predators. It resulted in 115 felony charges and 15 arrests…