COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — Twenty-seven men alleged to have engaged in sexual activity with underage children online were arrested in a four-day operation led by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
In a release, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said 27 individuals were arrested as part of “Operation Moving Target" that ran from Aug. 24 to Aug. 27.
Ohio ICAC Task Force “Operation Moving Target” Results in Arrest of 27 Online Offendershttps://t.co/KPbH1gxmHw @ohioicac @TheJusticeDept @FBICleveland @CLEpolice @CortlandPD_Ohio @NewburghHtsPD @KentOhioPolice @SecretService @DHSgov @SolonPolice @Streetsboropd pic.twitter.com/7IhglC63Dc
— ProsMikeOMalley (@ProsMikeOMalley) August 28, 2020
Undercover officers posed as children online on popular social media apps. According to the prosecutor, the 27 defendants, ages 21 to 61-years-old, allegedly engaged in "sexually explicit online conversations" with the officers that they thought were children.
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