The state’s top legal official said more than two dozen abused, neglected or exploited children were rescued in Southwest Florida as part of a statewide operation.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Nov. 17 announced the results of the statewide operation, dubbed “Operation Home for the Holidays,” during a Tampa news conference. Officials said the operation included Fort Myers, the Tampa Bay region, Orlando, Jacksonville and nine other states.
“Thanks to one of the single largest child-rescue operations in U.S. history, 122 missing children are safe,” said Uthmeier on Tuesday, a day after his news conference. “… Many of these kids have been victimized in unspeakable ways. We will prosecute their abusers to the fullest extent of the law.”…