38 arrested in undercover operation targeting sex offenders in Florida Panhandle
Jackson Co. Sheriff s Office assisted in operation
SOURCE: MGN Onlie
and last updated 2021-02-10 11:49:59-05
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) â Authorities have arrested 38 sex offenders in the Florida Panhandle who are accused of a range of crimes including failure to register, traveling to meet a minor for sex, and child pornography.
Several members of the Jackson County Sheriff s Office attached to the U.S. Marshal Service Task Force and the Special Victim s Unit of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Sheriff s Office assisted in Operation Watchdog last week, which resulted in dozens of arrests.
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They travelled to the scene in two vehicles, armed with an angle grinder, sledgehammers and metal cables, and were heard using an angle grinder on the shop shutter by neighbours.
Sparks flew as they cut through a shutter and attached metal cables to the ATM and the BMW to try to pull it away, but they fled empty handed because the cash machine was too heavy and had to be abandoned at the scene.
They later embarked on a police chase in Greater Manchester, reaching speeds of up to 125mph and smashing through bollards on a bridge over the M62 which was closed for repairs.