Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Feds arrest 255 child sexual predators - including a middle school teacher - during a 5-week international sting operation

  • David Boyle, 49, a middle school teacher from California, was arrested June 5 during an undercover sting operation in his classroom
  • Jimmy Caraballo-Colon, 25, a former high school cheerleading coach, was arrested June 4 for allegedly sexually extorting a 17-year-old girl from Colorado
  • More than one third of the 61 victims identified during the sting operation were engaging online with strangers who sexually exploited them
  • So far this year, federal authorities have arrested 1,674 child predators
Mail Online - The remaining suspects were charged with child pornography production, possession or distribution of child pornography, traveling with the intent to have sex with a minor and other offenses including rape.

More than one third of the victims identified during the sting operation were engaging online with strangers who sexually exploited them. The ages of those victims ranged from seven to 17 years old and the majority were between 13 and 15 years old. 

Overall, 20 of the victims are under the age of nine, including seven who are younger than six years old. 

Among those arrested was John David Boyle, a 49-year-old Los Angeles-area middle school teacher who has been charged with molesting a 14-year-old boy, advertising child porn on the Internet and several other crimes.

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