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FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Franklin Police Department, Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, Martinsville Police Department, and the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office conducted a joint child solicitation sting entitled Operation Guardian this week and announced eight arrests on Friday.
Operation Guardian took place in Franklin where detectives posed online as a child under the age of 14. During chat room conversations, several adult men solicited sex and arranged to meet with a detective they believed to be that underage child. When the suspects appeared at the agreed-upon location to meet with the undercover detectives, they were handcuffed and taken to Johnson County Jail. It was the second Johnson County child solicitation operation in the last four months. A December 2020 raid netted 10 arrests.
8 arrested in Franklin child solicitation sting
Detectives from various central Indiana law enforcement agencies posed as minors in an online chat room where men solicited them for sex.
Credit: Johnson County Sheriff s Office
The 8 men arrested in the Operation Guardian child solicitation sting Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 4:26 PM EDT April 30, 2021
FRANKLIN, Indiana Police arrested eight men in a child solicitation sting taking place in Franklin, Indiana.
The Johnson County Sheriff s Office, Franklin Police Department, Morgan County Sheriff s Office, Martinsville Police Department, and the Johnson County Prosecutor s Office conducted a joint sting called Operation Guardian Tuesday.
Detectives posed as children younger than 14 in online chat rooms, and the men made plans to meet with them to solicit sex. According to the Johnson County Sheriff s Office, there were even warnings from others in that chat room that police frequented the