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Child Sex Crimes in Florida Targeted in Operation Cyber Vigilance

Blog 2014 August Child Sex Crimes in Florida Targeted in Operation Cyber Vigilance
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Child Sex Crimes in Florida Targeted in Operation Cyber Vigilance

Posted By Stepniak & Park || 11-Aug-2014

A particularly heinous brand of sex crimes in Florida target children. Recently a joint effort organized between Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd targeted would-be criminals, producing astonishing results.

Children are perhaps the most vulnerable individual in a digital world where technology is increasingly prevalent among everyday lives. The anonymity of the web has provided many sexual predators a medium to circumvent the law, preying on minors in chat rooms and social media. The issue has prompted Florida law enforcement into taking continual drastic action.

Following an effort infamously known as ‘Operation Cyber Vigilance’, Florida law enforcement held a news conference on August 5th at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Operation Center. The Sheriff’s Office announced 132 arrests and a total of 282 charges.

The operation is well known as the Florida Sheriff’s Task Force Spring/Summer event in which perpetrators chat with “minors” over the Internet with the clear intent to engage in sexual activity.

A series of 9 different sheriff’s offices worked in tandem to host the ongoing operations, the majority of which contributed personnel and other key resources throughout the investigation.

The official press release from the PCSO reports that the dozens of arrests and hundreds of subsequent charges were amassed over a period of four months. Suspects were arrested on various charges, the most common relating to travel to meet a minor with sexual intent and using Internet services to bait minors into explicit activities. Additional charges pertained to active warrants, resisting arrest and possession of narcotics.

Law Enforcement Say Sexual Predators Have No “Clear Profile”

Sexual predators don’t always fit a clear profile. Suspects ranged from all walks of life, spanning in age from early 30s to even mid-70s. Most disconcertingly, a Disney Animal Kingdom employee was one of several suspects arrested.

Investigators stress that parents must practice awareness. The presence of sexual predators requires parents to increasingly monitor their children’s activities online.

(Original story reported by WFLA.)

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