40 arrested in internet child sex Operation

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Following a week long undercover operation, 40 people, including a head swim coach, a professional golfer on the Senior PGA Tour, an eighth grade teacher, business professionals and consultants and eight college students, have been arrested and charged with soliciting sex from a child via the Internet and other sex and drug related crimes.

Mug Shots: 40 arrested in internet child sex operation

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 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, some 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 following were arrested:

Frederick David Adams, DOB 12/18/93, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of Deltona, FL.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit Sex Acts;
Occupation: Construction

Sergio Cardenas, DOB 9/18/59, of 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, of 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, of 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,
Occupation: Soldier, U.S. Army Reserves

Gary J. Durso, DOB 2/8/63, of 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, of 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), of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of 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, of Meridian, MS.
Charges: Travel to Seduce Child to Commit