Four charged in Bay Area child predator sting

Four men have been charged in an online child exploitation operation, according to the Marin County District Attorney’s Office.

The four were arrested as part of Operation Broken Heart, a Feb. 13 undercover online chat operation targeting sexual predators conducted by the DA’s office in collaboration with Marin County law enforcement agencies, District Attorney Lori Frugoli said in a statement Friday.

The four were charged with felony violations of attempting to contact and communicate with a minor for the purpose of engaging in lewd and lascivious behavior, plus felony violations of arranging to meet with a minor for that purpose…

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