More Than 100 Persons Arrested in Massive Sex Trafficking Sting Including Doctor, Church Leader
By The Daily Caller. Authorities conducted a large scale sting operation, busting a massive Ohio sex trafficking ring involving both a doctor and a church leader.
The sex trafficking sting captured more than 100 people, according to Fox News.
Authorities conducted the operation, led by Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, in three central Ohio counties: Franklin, Fairfield and Delaware, WBNS reported. . .
Suspects included 26-year-old Christian Gibson, a former youth director, and 31-year-old Austin Kosier, an emergency room doctor, Fox reported.
The operation involved more than 30 law enforcement agencies, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said, according to Fox. (Read more from “More Than 100 Persons Arrested in Massive Sex Trafficking Sting Including Doctor, Church Leader” HERE)
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Ohio Child Sex Trafficking Sting Nabs More Than 100
By Fox News. . .Those arrested included 24 men caught when they showed up at an undisclosed location with the intention of meeting a child for sex, Maj. Steven Tucker of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said.
“They show up with sex toys, they show up with lubrication,” Tucker said. “They show up with things that clearly somebody isn’t going to show up to a house with, unless they intended to engage in sexual activity.”
The 24 suspects were charged with attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning, Columbus’ WBNS-TV reported.
The total group of 104 suspects included Christian Gibson, 26, a former youth director at Redeemer’s at Courtright Church in Columbus, and Austin Kosier, 31, an emergency room doctor, authorities said, adding that the sting was focused on Franklin, Fairfield and Delaware counties.
Tucker said he oversaw the investigation carried out by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Officers would pose as underage boys or girls online and communicated with the men in Internet chats. (Read more from “Ohio Child Sex Trafficking Sting Nabs More Than 100” HERE)
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