Online predators catch the attention of children typically by operating from the same playbook: They run a decoy, posing as a child typically a lot younger than their actual age, slipping seamlessly into online spaces where kids gather and gab. They likely pass along a fraudulent photo — maybe something innocent that doesn’t raise red...Read More
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — State leaders are coming together on Wednesday to provide an update on a month-long law enforcement operation to catch online child predators. Operation Safe Online Summer, or SOS, was led by the Phoenix Police Department and the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and continues a larger nationwide operation headed...Read More
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(The Center Square) – An FBI Dallas-led multiagency law enforcement operation spanning multiple counties in north Texas targeting online sexual predators resulted in hundreds being arrested. The operation was conducted as FBI Director Kash Patel warned last month that federal agents would “hunt down” online child sexual predators. The priority of the Justice Department and...Read More
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) — Investigators from the Terre Haute Police Department joined Indiana State Police’s “Internet Crimes Against Children” Task Force in Indianapolis for a press conference on Tuesday, May 6. The event reviewed “Safe Online Summer,” an initiative aimed at catching child predators through April. Detective Josh Loudermilk from the Terre Haute Police...Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Florida has new laws aimed at strengthening protections for children from sexual predators, especially as predators are using technology to exploit children. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed multiple bills on Tuesday to toughen penalties and reporting requirements for sexual offenders, while also directly targeting the growing threat of artificial intelligence and online...Read More
Chris Gollon The Volusia Sheriff’s Office has arrested fourteen men it says were traveling with plans to meet a minor for sexual activity, the agency announced on Monday. The sting, called ‘Operation Travel to Gavel’, led to the arrests of suspects from around the state and even one from North Carolina. The suspects were accused...Read More
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. (WGXA) — A 38-year-old man was arrested and charged with grooming a 15-year-old online in Johnson County. According to a release, on June 3, Steven Swenor was arrested in Greeneville, Tennessee, for an outstanding felony arrest warrant from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Authorities began investigating the case in February, after JCSO...Read More
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Chris Gollon The Volusia Sheriff’s Office has arrested fourteen men it says were traveling with plans to meet a minor for sexual activity, the agency announced on Monday. The sting, called ‘Operation Travel to Gavel’, led to the arrests of suspects from around the state and even one from North Carolina. The suspects were accused...Read More
