Internet Child Predator Sting Nets 24 Suspects By Feds And Local Authorities

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24 suspects including one woman taken into custody within a 72 hour sting operation in northeast Wisconsin.

By H. Nelson Goodson

October 15,  2014

Green Bay, Wisconsin - Federal and local authorities involving 19 law enforcement agencies arrested 24 male suspects including one female during a 72 hour period sting last week to nab Internet child predators,  NBC26 reported. The suspects were lured by law enforcement officers pretending to be minors on Craigslist in the Internet. 

The suspects contacted police posing as minors with text messages and photos in an attempt to have sex with them. They were all charged with using a computer to falicitate a sex crime with a child, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Office.

The sting operation took place on Thursday thru Saturday, NBC26 reported.