By Gordon Byrd
Dec 22, 2020
WINTER HAVEN So this time we get a high school coach, a youth minister, a youth football coach, a lifeguard and military veterans. all deviants.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd described the 13 men arrested during his latest sweep against those who possess and share child pornography, Operation Guardians of the Innocence VI , carried out by undercover detectives during November and December.
This time, the suspects ranged in age from 20 to 47.
Judd said the victims depicted and abused in the images ranged from 12 year olds, down to small children, toddlers, and babies. The acts depicted, as described by Judd, are in many instances too vile to be repeated in an article meant for a general audience.
Grady Judd: Husbands, veterans and youth football coach among those arrested in child porn operation
By FOX 13 News staff
Published
Josh Cascio reports
BARTOW, Fla. - Thirteen men some identified as husbands, one is an Air Force veteran, and another is an assistant coach for a youth football team in Polk County all face child porn charges in the latest operation by the sheriff s office, detectives said.
It was the agency s sixth roundup of child pornography suspects under Operation Guardians of Innocence. Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday the suspects face over 2,300 charges and collectively face $12.5 million in bond.