JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Operation Home for the Holidays rescued 122 missing children earlier this month across Florida. Twenty-two of those children were right here in Jacksonville. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe mindset behind this operation was, hey. Holidays are coming up, why not go ahead and do a big operation?\u201d said Sergeant Joshua Sterner, missing person Sergeant Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n A two-week effort, led by the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI, and local law enforcement, resulted in rescuing 122 missing kids. JSO was part of that search as they worked with the different agencies to locate these children. <\/p>\n JSO Sergeant Joshua Sterner said the kids they found ranged from the ages of 12 to 16, and some of them had been missing for weeks and even months. <\/p>\n They found the children in different areas. Some in homes, others in hotels. JSO didn\u2019t want to confirm at this point if any of the children were trafficked because it\u2019s an ongoing investigation. <\/p>\n \u201cCouldn\u2019t imagine going out, not knowing where you\u2019re going to sleep at night. Some of them were found in houses where drugs were found,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n One teen was found over a thousand miles away from Jacksonville.<\/p>\n