California authorities arrest 275 child predators
Source: AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities throughout Southern California Thursday announced the arrests of more than 275 child predators that included a teaching assistant for special needs kids, a retired sheriff's deputy, a U.S. Army soldier and a Los Angeles Fire Department explorer.
The monthlong "Operation Broken Heart" took place in May and involved a taskforce of dozens of local, state and federal authorities who worked in concert, sweeping sex offenders, parolees and probationers for allegedly violating their terms, targeting child sex traffickers, pimps, child porn traders and sex tourists traveling abroad.
In a technique reminiscent of the infamous show "To Catch a Predator," the Los Angeles Regional Internet Crimes Against Children task force had its investigators pretend to be 12 to 14-year-old children online and arrested many individuals when they showed up to engage in sex acts with children.
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It could have even been a "he" as you really never know who is behind the keyboard. The question is, was Chris Hanson in the area soon after that? 
CDW and HP Provide Technology to Support H.E.R.O. Child-Rescue Corps
December 16, 2013
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