MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — According to Mobile Co. Sheriff’s Office, on June 2 through June 5, 2025, The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office ICAC and Special Operations Unit, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, launched “Operation Heatwave”. The operation was aimed at arresting child predators in order to keep our children safe during the summer break. This time of year, Kids have less supervision and more access to the internet and can become victims of these online predators.
Through the course of the operation, MCSO detectives were able to arrest (7) individuals for a total of 31 felony charges. Below is a list of those arrested:
- ISSA MTAMBWE – Unlawful Possession of child Pornography
- KENDALL ANDREWS – Unlawful Possession of Child Pornography
- FORREST BROWN – Unlawful Possession of Child Pornography
- JACOB LEE – Unlawful Possession of Child Pornography
- ANDREW ROCKHOLD – Unlawful Possession of Child Pornography
- CLAYTON BRADFORD – Unlawful Possession of Child Pornography/Unlawful dissemination of Child Pornography
- JARED FABLES – Unlawful Possession of Child Pornography/Unlawful dissemination of Child Pornography. Jared Fables is currently incarcerated in Mississippi
