PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) – Officials in Florida announced Thursday the arrests 13 suspects from Alabama and Florida in an operation targeting child predators.
Inspectors, agents and analysts with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement partnered with the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Department of Agriculture, Homeland Security Investigations, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, United States Marshals Service, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Gulf Breeze Police Department, Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Lake City Police Department to conduct Operation Twelve Parsecs, resulting in those arrests.
According to an FDLE news release, the five-day online operation targeted predators who were allegedly engaging in sexually explicit and harmful communication with minors, transmitting child sexual abuse material, and arranging to meet a minor for sexual activity.
The following individuals were arrested and charged as a result of the operation:…