WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who assaulted law enforcement officers with bear spray and a metal whip — and who was arrested thanks to a woman’s sting operation on the dating app Bumble — was sentenced to just over six years in prison on Wednesday. Andrew Taake was arrested in 2021 and pleaded guilty […]
ST. PETERS, Mo. – Firefighters were shocked to see police appear at a Central County Fire and Rescue firehouse earlier this month. Police investigators arrived at one of the stations in St. Peters, looking for an alleged criminal suspect they reported to have just caught in a law enforcement sting operation. That suspect turned out […]
14 arrested in largest child predator sting in Mooresville police history The Mooresville Police Department arrested 14 people with internet crimes against children in the largest child predator operation in the department’s history. “This is the 2020 version of jumping out of the bushes or handing out candy to a little kid to lure him […]
X | Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Austin Maddox, a former MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, was arrested in Florida as part of a child predator sting. The 33-year-old has allegedly been talking with an undercover agent pretending to be an underage girl as part of Jacksonville’s anti-child predator sting called “Operation Valiant Knights.” Austin […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox was arrested in Florida as part of an underage sex sting, authorities announced Monday. Maddox was one of 27 people arrested as part of a multi-agency operation late last month, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said. They are accused of soliciting sex over the internet […]
CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A professional clown is facing charges after meeting an undercover officer during a prostitution sting, police stated. According to the Carbondale Police Department, on Sunday, May 18 officers began an undercover investigation regarding prostitution. On an online website, officers said they found a man, later identified as Francis Bui, 28, […]
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recently arrested in an undercover child predator sting after authorities say he solicited an underage girl for sex and then traveled to meet her. Austin Maddox, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, is charged with traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit a child, solicitation of a child […]
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recently arrested in an undercover child predator sting after authorities say he solicited an underage girl for sex and then traveled to meet her. Austin Maddox, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, is charged with traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit a child, solicitation of a child […]
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recently arrested in an undercover child predator sting after authorities say he solicited an underage girl for sex and then traveled to meet her. Austin Maddox, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, is charged with traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit a child, solicitation of a child […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – Nearly a dozen men were taken into custody after investigators with the Orlando Police Department said they were attempting to have sex with children. The arrests were part of “Operation CACHE” which began on May 9 and was in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Secret Service, Osceola […]
A Valparaiso man is in custody after arranging to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for a possible sexual hookup, only to be met by police when he found out he was communicating with a member of Northwest Indiana Predator Catchers, according to court documents. Liam Raphael, 19, is charged with two counts […]
A member of the University of Central Florida’s board of trustees was among three people snared this week in a prostitution sting by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Also arrested was a sheriff’s employee who has since resigned. Harold Mills, 53, who also is a trustee at Rollins College, was invited to Sandlando Park in […]