St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announces 38 arrests in two operations targeting sex offenders

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced 38 arrests from two operations targeting people accused of trying to sexually exploit children and registered sex offenders and predators accused of violating Florida’s registration laws.Operation Prey No More focused on people who used online platforms to contact someone they believed was a child. Operation Final Match checked whether registered sex offenders and predators were complying with requirements to report their online accounts and other information.“There’s just nothing else that we would rather do besides saving one more kid,” Sheriff Robert Hardwick said of the effort to identify people seeking to exploit children online.Operation Prey No MoreThe undercover Internet Crimes Against Children operation ran Sept. 3-6 and resulted in 15 arrests, SJSO said. Detectives posed as children on various platforms, where some suspects allegedly sent sexually explicit material, requested images or videos, or offered to pay for sex. Authorit