Get a clue.
America seems to be filled with slimy guys who are nuts for the nation's youth. YUCK. Next time you're asked to have your child go through extra security at the airport, we'd suggest you keep a very close eye out for other would-be TSA pervs...
The sting was called "Operation Guardian." Polk County investigators, pretending to be girls between the ages of 13 and 15, began a series of online chats with numerous men. With surveillance cameras rolling, deputies watched as suspect after suspect arrived, thinking they were going to have sex with children.
"They lie to us. They tell us such stories, like they came to take the child out to explain how dangerous this is. We all know that isn't true," said Sheriff Grady Judd of the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Among the men arrested were 22-year-old Nathan Galbraith, a youth hockey coach from Orlando, 42-year-old David Ronan, a former volunteer Osceola County firefighter, and 51-year-old Joseph Cioffi, a Department of Homeland Security employee at Orlando International Airport who used to be a Marion County deputy.
Deputies also arrested 59-year-old Arthur Auld, of The Villages. He's a registered sex offender in Ohio and told investigators he was about to go a mission trip with kids from the Eagle's Nest Baptist Church in Fruitland Park.
America seems to be filled with slimy guys who are nuts for the nation's youth. YUCK. Next time you're asked to have your child go through extra security at the airport, we'd suggest you keep a very close eye out for other would-be TSA pervs...
The sting was called "Operation Guardian." Polk County investigators, pretending to be girls between the ages of 13 and 15, began a series of online chats with numerous men. With surveillance cameras rolling, deputies watched as suspect after suspect arrived, thinking they were going to have sex with children.
"They lie to us. They tell us such stories, like they came to take the child out to explain how dangerous this is. We all know that isn't true," said Sheriff Grady Judd of the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Among the men arrested were 22-year-old Nathan Galbraith, a youth hockey coach from Orlando, 42-year-old David Ronan, a former volunteer Osceola County firefighter, and 51-year-old Joseph Cioffi, a Department of Homeland Security employee at Orlando International Airport who used to be a Marion County deputy.
Deputies also arrested 59-year-old Arthur Auld, of The Villages. He's a registered sex offender in Ohio and told investigators he was about to go a mission trip with kids from the Eagle's Nest Baptist Church in Fruitland Park.
