Note: NONE of those arrested were former sex offenders!4-25-17 Washington:
(TACOMA, WA.) -- And there they were. They had arrived at a predetermined time and place, a dozen men aged 27 to 60 all with the same desire: have sex with children, according to the Washington State Patrol (WSP).
Or so they assumed prior to the shock of arrest.
There were three Tacoma men, a 35, 47 and a 50-year old. A 58-year old man from Renton, a prior felon from Kent, Washington and a 27-year old man already wanted for escape.
They live in places like Gig Harbor, Shelton, Lacey and Lakewood. And now they share one other thing besides an alleged desire to abuse children: the prospect of spending time behind bars and returning eventually to society as registered sex offenders.
On Monday the WSP's Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force (MECTF) arrested the 12 men during a multi-day operation in Tacoma "that targeted individuals who wanted to sexually exploit children," according to a WSP news release.
“Thanks to the hard work of everyone involved in this operation, child predators are taken off the street, “ says WSP Chief John R. Batiste. “ This operation protects our most vulnerable members of our community from abuse and makes the internet safer for our children.”
The sting operation involved law enforcement officers acting in an undercover capacity who communicated on the internet through various websites with individuals who had expressed an interest in having sex with children. ..Continued.. by Chronicle staff
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