Florida – Christopher Barba, Gregory Pfefferkorn, Adam Turner and James Villacorteza were among those arrested,The arrests were made after the men allegedly communicated online to solicit sex with undercover agents posing to be minors, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement last week. authorities say.
A sting operation that lasted 90 days in Florida has resulted in the arrests of 123 individuals, among them a church grief counselor, a science teacher, a nurse and a basketball coach, who are accused of various offenses related to human trafficking, according to authorities.
Many of the suspects allegedly believed they were engaging with family members of the minors, offering their child to the alleged predators, he said, but in reality were speaking with undercover agents. Some believed they were speaking to underage boys and girls, he added.
The accused “knowingly sought to engage in sexual acts with each of them,” he said.
Among the suspects are Christopher Barba, a basketball coach, Gregory Pfefferkorn, a nurse at a mental health and substance abuse facility, and Adam Turner, a grief counselor at the Day Spring Episcopal Conference Center, the sheriff’s office confirmed with PEOPLE.
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