Bartow, FL – A three-day undercover operation targeting online prostitution ads has resulted in dozens of people being arrested. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office conducted the operation between January 10 and January 13. At the end of the sting, a total of 78 people were arrested, including a porn star…
Polk County authorities have arrested a junior hockey league coach from Massachusetts on charges that he used a solicited what he thought was a 16-year-old boy online. The man was arrested in his home Wednesday night in Acushnet, Mass., and booked into a local jail. Polk County detectives began investigating…
Homosassa, FL – A registered sex offender has been arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with an 11-year-old girl. The 36-year-old, who is listed as homeless, apparently traveled to a hotel in the county with the girl and another adult female on Oct. 27 where the trio stayed…
Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crime Attorneys Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 19 people in an undercover prostitution bust targeting online advertisements. Undercover officials conducted the two-day sting focusing on online ads for prostitution last Thursday and Friday. According to police, both…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lake Wales couple after a three month investigation was concluded Friday that allegedly confirmed the pair was filming and distributing porn from their home. A Polk County judge deemed the pornographic videos as obscene material under Florida law. The couple was charged with…
A 17-year-old male was arrested Wednesday by Pasco County police for involuntary sexual battery on a teenage girl. The alleged rape occurred at Fivay High School in Hudson, Florida. The girl told police that the teenage male sent her a text in November to meet him near a boy’s restroom…
The Sumter County Sherriff’s Office has arrested 22 men and women across the state of Florida during an undercover internet sex sting where detectives posed as children online. A Sherriff’s Office spokesman said the undercover operation was similar to the popular series “To Catch A Predator” on Dateline NBC. Investigators…
A 45-year-old man was arrested and charged with molesting a 25-year-old mildly retarded girl from Crystal River on Monday by the Citrus County Sherriff’s Office. According to the arrest report, the Citrus County man is a registered sex offender. The arrest report shares that the girl’s brother caught the man…
Inverness, Florida – The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office has deemed last week’s sex crime sting to be a success, as it resulted the arrest of some 22 individuals for alleged Internet Sex Crimes. The operation, which allegedly started with an online Craigslist advertisement featuring “a young mother who was seeking…
The retiring senior Hernando County Circuit Court Judge sentenced a man this week on 5 counts of possession of Child Pornography to 75 years. He was facing a minimum 40 years according to reports. It is suggested by his criminal trial attorney that he may appeal this sentence. The 75…