Thirty-eight people were arrested during a 10-day long undercover cyber child sex sting, deputies said.
Polk County detectives posted fictitious ads or profiles on various websites, such as Craigslist, posing as children, or as custodians of children. Numerous men responded to the ads and then proceeded to chat online, email, text, and talk on the phone with the undercover detectives who posed as children online, investigators said.
The suspects solicited for sex acts, sent pornographic pictures and live web-cam images of themselves, and asked for nude photos of the children to be sent to them. Several of the men drove to the house to follow through with the promises made online to engage in sexual activity with the juveniles.
A total of 38 people were arrested, including 43-year-old Matthew Chillcott, who is a 5th grade teacher at Lawton Chiles Elementary School in Orlando.
See Full List of those arrested in Operation Cyber Child Here. (Page 1)
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