14 Arrested in Undercover Operation
August 10, 2024 – Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office officials report that the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Unit (SVU) conducted an online underage chatting operation dubbed Operation “Safe House” from August 2nd to August 3rd.
Detectives posed as minors ranging from ages 13-15 years old on various social media and dating platforms. Detectives were ultimately contacted and then solicited for various illicit acts by the soon to be suspects. A meeting location in Stanislaus County was given and the suspects were taken into custody upon their arrival. Each suspect was booked into the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Public Safety Center.
During the operation, 14 adult males were arrested for various child related sex crimes, including contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sex act, attempted production of child pornography, attempted oral copulation and attempted sexual contact with a minor.
Suspects were found to be residents of Modesto, Ceres, Salida, Lodi, Lathrop, Atwater, and as far away as Sacramento and Chowchilla.
Source & photo: Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office
