JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office (JSO) Vice Unit concluded a multi-day crackdown this month targeting individuals attempting to pay for sex. Labeled \u201cOperation Naughty List,\u201d the sting resulted in 25 arrests as part of an ongoing effort to combat solicitation of sex in the city. <\/p>\n
The four-day operation utilized undercover officers stationed at various locations across Jacksonville. According to JSO, the unit encountered over 40 individuals, ultimately arresting over 20 of those who followed through with the illegal solicitation. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wish that I could have a day where I wasn\u2019t picking up predators, but unfortunately, that\u2019s not the case,\u201d JSO Vice Sergeant Guy Daniels said. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Among those detained was a father reportedly on his way to his son\u2019s Christmas play. According to detectives, the man was arrested after stopping to solicit an undercover officer he believed was a sex worker. <\/p>\n In Florida, solicitation is a misdemeanor offense. Those caught during the operation were handcuffed, booked, and processed downtown on the same day. JSO officials emphasized that the suspects come from \u201call walks of life\u201d and often underestimate the severity of the crime. <\/p>\n Sergeant Daniels challenged the common perception that prostitution is a victimless crime involving two consenting adults. <\/p>\n \u201cThat cannot be further from the truth,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cWhat you\u2019ve got to understand is a lot of these girls are forced into this lifestyle, whether it\u2019s through manipulation or through violence.\u201d <\/p>\n JSO states that these operations will continue as they work to address the persistent issue of solicitation. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office (JSO) Vice Unit concluded a multi-day crackdown this month targeting individuals…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":481316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[12189,5229,44679,3188,723,11561,7310,13035,11545,155630,67053,8423,11804,425,217994,6524,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-481315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action_news","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-jack","14":"tag-jacksonville","15":"tag-jacksonville_sheriffs_office","16":"tag-jessica","17":"tag-jessica_salinas","18":"tag-jsl","19":"tag-jso","20":"tag-list","21":"tag-local","22":"tag-naughty","23":"tag-operation","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115811663492803996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}