Two men arrested in undercover sting for soliciting minor online: Stuart Police

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — Two men were busted in an undercover operation after allegedly trying to solicit a minor for unlawful sexual conduct, the Stuart Police Department (SPD) says.

SPD said on Tuesday, the department launched an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation in which investigators posed online as a 14-year-old girl. Police say that during the operation, Herbert Kim Rash of Winter Park and Jakob Scott Howe of Winter Garden contacted the undercover detective and requested inappropriate and unlawful materials.

Once evidence was collected, SPD detectives obtained arrest warrants for both men…

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