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'Operation Keystroke' nabs 11 for seeking sex with children

Alex Maxim
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Eleven men were arrested during a four-day operation targeting people using the internet to solicit sex from children, Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper announced during a news conference Wednesday.

Leeper said the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office worked with multiple agencies to conduct “Operation Keystroke,” and the details of the operation were disturbing.

He said the men — who ranged in age from 19 to 68 years old — traveled to the area to solicit sex from who they thought were 14-year-olds -- but who were actually undercover agents. One of the men was a police officer from Fort Myers. Another was a U.S. Army captain.

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