SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Two local men were arrested in connection with two separate investigations involving online exploitation of minors last month.
The arrests were part of Operation Firewall, a multi-agency task force created to investigate crimes related to the exploitation of children noted the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in a press release Thursday.
On April 8, detectives began to investigate a 27-year-old Ventura man after he contacted a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl through an online chat forum that was specific to the Santa Barbara area detailed the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office…