Posted on 11/19/2020 12:55:26 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
Sunshine State authorities busted a massive child sex trafficking network — accused of exploiting a single teen — this week, ending a two-year probe that netted 178 arrests, including a high-profile booster for Florida State University, according to a report and police.
The operation, called “Stolen Innocence,” which began in November 2018, wrapped up on Tuesday — and those allegedly involved face charges ranging from solicitation of prostitution to human trafficking of a minor, the Tallahassee Police Department said in a press release.
It began when department investigators spotted images of a child posted on a website that advertises sex for money, authorities said. The girl was 13 and 14 when most of the alleged offenses occurred — but the abuse may have begun even before her 13th birthday, Elizabeth Bascom, one of the lead investigators, told The Tallahassee Democrat.
A total of 72 suspects were charged with misdemeanors and notices to appear, and 106 people were hit with felony charges — 18 of those being charged federally, according to authorities.
Those swept up in the investigation include a former chairman of the Seminole Boosters, Inc., a fundraising arm for Florida State University Athletics, a former write-in candidate for local office, and a physical education teacher, according to the Democrat...
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Cheap rope.
The Pizzagate was real?
I pray for that poor girl. I don’t think you could ever truly recover and put that behind you.
Looks like She might have been pimped by her own mother.
Fla is #5 in the country for human trafficking.
What charge involving sexual exploitation of a minor would involve a misdemeanor notice to appear?
Wasn’t there a vocal Florida Joe Paterno fan around here someplace a few years back?
President Trump is the only one who’s taken human trafficking and the sexual abuse of children seriously. 178 people has sex with this child. Disgusting.
Trial first.
Of course it was. Deviant behavior is at the core of the DNC.
Was she from the Ukraine?
The fight against trafficking will be severely curtailed if Pedo-Joe gets in the White House. The DemonRAt Party supports all sorts of perversions.
[ The DemonRAt Party supports all sorts of perversions. ]
It’s now part of their basic platform. Just bizarre to witness the weirdness.
Two year investigation. When was the girl rescued?
"The operation, called “Stolen Innocence,"
“Wasn’t there a vocal Florida Joe Paterno fan around here someplace a few years back?”
I think he was from Michigan, home of dirty elections.
Ya, I was wondering the same thing...
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