OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) – Fathers, coaches, teachers, illegal and legal immigrants and even a high school student were arrested after a week-long undercover operation targeting child sex predators.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office conducted ‘Operation Bad Habits,’ resulting in the arrests of 52 people.
Names mentioned by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office
- Ashay Shakes, 31. Teacher at Fessenden Elementary School.
- Wyatt Bernstein, 27. Hired briefly as a coach with Southwest Marion Bears. Officials with the league said he never interacted with the children.
- Kingston McAllister, 16. A high school student from Ocala.
Names released by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office
- Joshua Lee Head, 36.
- Jeremiah Benajamaur Johnson, 26.
- Philip Conrad Stutsman, 48.
- Brian James Verka, 40.
- Waseem Dilshad, 37.
- Cody Tyler Luft, 32.
- John Ernest Leininger, 60.
- Kadyn Shane Russell, 21.
- Timothy Wayne Templeton, 48.
- Dalton Aaron Tyler, 28.
- Robert Rafat Fam, 30.
- Jesus Padilla, 39.
- Payton Lee Sims, 23.
- Israel David Rosario, 35.
- Eric James Morin, 34.
- Sebastian Diaz Ortiz, 28.
- Jose Enrique Navarro, 44.
- William Scattergood Meister, 36.
- Roosevelt Beasly, 51.
- John Fraser Goodman, 53.
- Robert Cotney Mixon, 30.
- Patrick Haan, 26.
- Carl Allsop, 46.
- Jordan Ashby Richmond, 47.
- Savian Angel Eiland, 20.
- Kameron Reshaud Works, 31.
- Alexis Lara Guardado, 25.
- Travian Markee Sesler, 28.
- Andrew Robert Ruch, 32.
- Shannon Glen Scarberry, 43.
- Chad Michael Bouwens, 32.
- David Michael Robinson, 64.
- Timothy Robert Lawson, 56.
- Matthew Joseph White, 40.
- Brian David McVicker, 65.
- Christopher Angelo Coulter, 31.
- Jorge Alva Collazos, 44.
- Orrin Armstead, 37.
- Michael Vitoff, 50.
- Micky Alan Barber, 29.
- David Alan Smith, 22.
- Rafael Romero Chaves, 33.
- Jose Ortiz Garcia, 55.
- Collin Beegle, 27.
- Matthew Michael Szilagyi, 29.
- Dylan Frantz, 38.
- Nickolas Hester, 28.
- Adriane Ilao Orpilla, 22.
- Jesus Manuel Santiago, 30.
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