BATTLE GROUND, Wash. — Washington State Patrol arrested a Liberty Lake man who was also a former Coeur d’Alene School District employee, along with 11 other people, after a multi-agency operation identified the suspects as allegedly being involved in the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
Johnathan Mahn faces charges including attempted rape of a child and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes after he was caught setting up a sexual encounter with an officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
The sting, dubbed “Operation Battle Ground,” was spearheaded by the WSP’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force (MECTF), which is an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) affiliate…