KnightNews.com has obtained the press release sent by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detailing the results of a child sex sting operation which netted 40 arrests — eight of which were college students.
Other than listing that one suspect went to Embry Riddle and another to Full Sail University in Orlando, Osceola deputies did not disclose which colleges the remaining six students attended. KnightNews.com will work to find out if any went to UCF, and if we discover that to be the case we’ll let you know.
Below is the press release from Osceola County:
Osceola County, Florida – Osceola County Sheriff’s detectives concluded a week long, multi-agency, undercover operation which resulted in 40 suspects arrested and charged with soliciting sex from a child via the Internet and other sex and drug related crimes. Led by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Operation Red Cheeks was conducted January 8-16, 2012, in conjunction with detectives, officers and special agents of the Central Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
“The success of this operation was the result of multiple local and state agencies working together in a cooperative effort. Florida Sheriffs and the Florida Sheriff’s Association has taken a strong proactive enforcement position to combat these predators statewide. These predators stalk the cyber community looking for children to victimize. This operation resulted in 40 arrests which means at a minimum, 40 children did not fall prey to a sexual deviant,” stated Sheriff Bob Hansell.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement worked with Citrus, Lake, Orange, Sumter, Polk, Hardee and Manatee County Sheriff’s Offices and Ocoee, Kissimmee, Sanford, Orlando, Longwood and Casselberry Police Departments. During the operation, undercover detectives from the agencies listed, posed as juveniles or the parent or guardian of a juvenile to talk with individuals in chat rooms and instant messaging programs on the Internet. Suspects would travel to an undercover house or secondary meeting location located in Osceola County with the purpose of having sex with a child. During the chats, most of the suspects sent pornographic images to the undercover detectives and they also brought alcohol, drugs and other items to the meeting. One suspect traveled from Georgia and another was on vacation from Alaska, but most were from cities in Florida. All the suspects were arrested in Osceola County.
The arrests included a head swim coach, a professional golfer on the Senior PGA Tour, an eighth grade teacher, business professionals and consultants and eight college students.
“This operation should also be a warning to all parents to monitor and be involved with their child’s computer activities,” said Sheriff Bob Hansell.
The following were arrested:
- Frederick David Adams, DOB 12/18/93, 721 Crossfield Circle, Naples, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex; Possession of Alcohol by a Minor
Occupation: High School Student
- Samer Japer Al-Hubaydi, DOB 3/30/85, 943 Millard Court, Daytona Beach, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex; Possession of Alcohol by a Minor
Occupation: Student, Embry-Riddle
- Jason Bacchus, DOB 7/22/86, 13266 Harbor Shore Lane, Winter Garden, FL.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Sales Representative, Cell Phone Distributor
- Christopher Baker, DOB 11/19/89, 5150 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Room 6211, Kissimmee, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Unemployed
- Christopher Batman, DOB 8/2/71, 7327 Brookline Street, Wesley Chapel, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex; Possession of Alcohol by a Minor; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Occupation: Self-Employed
- Marvin Alfonson Bell, DOB 10/15/91, 4034 Eastridge Drive, Valrico, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child,
Occupation: College Student
- Dennis Bluemke, DOB 2/10/49, 1552 Nectarine Trail, Clermont, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Don Lee Wheeler Fencing
Charles James Buffington, DOB 8/5/88, 1643 Montague Street, Deltona, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts,
Occupation: Construction
- Sergio Cardenas, DOB 9/18/59, 2566 K Ville Avenue, Auburndale, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex;
Occupation: Unemployed
- Lucas Bartholomew Clarke, DOB 3/17/93, 2004 New Stonecastle Terrace, Winter Park, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Resisting Arrest Without Violence, Possession of Cannabis Under 20 Grams
Occupation: Student, Golf Academy of America
- Shane Daniel Cousins, DOB 10/1/85, 2582 Brookstone Drive, Kissimmee
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child,
Occupation: Soldier, U.S. Army Reserves
- Gary J. Durso, DOB 2/8/63, 82 Edward Drive, Palm Coast, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child;
Occupation: Areole Technician
- Josean Javier Gaston, DOB 8/3/89, 4908 Waterside Pointe Circle, Orlando, FL.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child;
Occupation: Student
- Carlos Gomez, DOB 12/31/66), 1841 Bachman Way, Winter Park, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex;
Occupation: Unemployed
- Justin Joseph Hall, DOB 9/14/81, 5733 W. Irlo Bronson Mem. Hwy., Kissimmee, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Transmitting harmful images to minors
Occupation: Student
- Dell Rio Highsmith, DOB 2/28/41, 63 E. 2nd Avenue, Fargo, GA.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex; Occupation: Retired Bee Keeper
- Cornellus Eugene Hunt, DOB 11/19/82, 12944 Nebraska Woods Court, Orlando, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit,
Occupation: Student
- Phillip Dale Jones, DOB 11/2/57, 4369 Diamond Road, SW Winter Haven, FL.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child;
Occupation: Unemployed
- Roger Dale Mathews, DOB 9/18/59, 8065 Grand Pine Avenue, Lakeland, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex; Occupation: Plant Manager
- Joseph Matz, DOB 7/6/82, 992 New Brookly Road, Williamstown NJ
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Resisting Arrest Without Violence
Occupation: Unemployed
- Carl David Brooks Newsome, DOB 6/6/72, 9762 Watkins Drive, Fairhope, AL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child;
Occupation: Unknown
- Ryu Nolin, DOB 1-2-88, 318 N. Riverside Drive, Edgewater, FL.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child
Occupation: Personal Trainer
- Craig Alan Parsel, Jr., DOB 9/18/86, 100 10th Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child
Occupation: Warehouse Clerk
- Eric Dennard Payne, Jr., DOB 5/14/79, 12012 Magazine St. Orlando, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child
Occupation: Dispatcher, Eagle Trans Corporation
- Ahmidullah Popal, DOB 6/22/91, 7387 Park Drive West, Flushing, NY
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Possession of Cannabis Less Than 20 Grams, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Occupation: Wholesale Dealer
- Nigel Rattan, DOB 10/22/82, 5045 Ballpark Street, Mt. Dora, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child,
Occupation: Self-Employed
- Milton Benjamin Richardson, DOB 8/2/75, 651 Toni Street SW, Palm Bay, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex;
Occupation: Engineer
- Kegan Ritchie, DOB 7/2/89, 213 London Place, Port Orange, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child,
Occupation: Student
- Alexander Roy, DOB 7/10/79, 2377 SW Fern Circle, Port St. Lucie, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex; Occupation: Eighth Grade Teacher
- Kenneth Sinisi, DOB 5/16/85, 326 Orange Blossom Trail, South Daytona, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child
Occupation: Unemployed
- Andrew Louis Skinner, DOB 7/6/90, 8800 Buena Vista Place, Windermere, FL.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child;
Occupation: Vendor
- Jay S. Soni, DOB 2/8/86, 9939 River Crest Court, Orlando, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Sales Representative
- Frederick Charles Spreng, IV, DOB 8/24/77, 8627 Abbotsbury Drive, Windermere, FL.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child
Occupation: Manager
- Warren Lee Staples, DOB 7/20/77, 4348 Sawyer Circle, Apt. A, St. Cloud, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Public Works
- Winston Alexander Stephens, DOB 3/7/91, 9727 Nightingale Road, Shreveport, LA.
Charges: Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child, Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child
Occupation: Student, Full Sail University
- Christopher Stewart, DOB 6/8/89, 2717 Green Meadow Circle, Kissimmee, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex, Transmit Harmful Images to Minor
Occupation: Truck Loader
- Ryan Stickle, DOB 7/4/75, 3010 230th Lane SE, Sammamish, WA.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Consultant
- Samuel Dean Straitiff, DOB 10/3/69, 2680 Palm Drive, Deland, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Travel to Seduce, Solicit, Lure a Parent Guardian or Custodian to Consent to Commit Sex Acts with a Child
Occupation: Information Technology
- Stephen Wesley Thomas, DOB 5/31/56, 3503 31st Avenue, Meridian, MS.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Entice a Parent, Legal Guardian or Custodian of Child to Commit Sex Acts on the Child; Attempted Lewd & Lascivious Battery on a Child,
Occupation: Professional Golfer
- Bryan Allan Woodward, DOB 8/27/82, 507 NW 39th Road 215, Gainesville, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts; Use of a Computer to Solicit Child for Sex
Occupation: Head Swim Coach, Gator Swim Club
