Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons talks about his role in Operation Ghost Wire at a press conference at Alamance County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 13.
The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office’s Invictus Task Force announced the arrest of 23 individuals after a two-week long operation they titled “Operation Ghost Wire.” The Invictus Task Force is a multi-agency task force that works to reduce internet crimes against children, sexual abuse, trafficking and the exploitation of children.
The Invictus Task Force is comprised of Alamance, Randolph, Davidson and Forsyth County Sheriff’s Offices, Homeland Security Investigations, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations. According to the press release the individuals that were arrested “either traveled with the intent to engage in sexual contact with a minor, solicited sexual contact from whom they believed to be a minor child and/or were uploading or downloading child sex abuse material.”…