Baldwin County child predator operation leads to man’s arrest

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BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said a man from Malcom, Alabama, has been arrested after he allegedly tried to solicit a child for sexual purposes.

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Wednesday, Dec. 10, deputies arrested 44-year-old Jeremy Dane Windle. They charged him with electronic solicitation of a child, traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, unlawful possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl), and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The arrest was the result of a joint online investigation between the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations.

Windle is accused of soliciting sex from someone he thought was a female child, using an electronic device…

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