Florida: 16 arrested in child sex sting, including Manatee County Sheriff’s sergeant Stephen Utter

16 arrested in child sex sting, including sergeant

A registered sex offender and a former sergeant with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office were among 16 people arrested in a sting targeting child predators in Hillsborough County. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister held a press conference Wednesday morning to share more details from “Operation Small Talk,” an undecover sting. “The conversations, text messages and photos from these predators are so graphic, I can’t even begin to describe them, other than to say they are repulsive,” Chronister said. Chronister said some of the men showed up to meet the teens with products they had ...

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