VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Fourteen men were arrested during a three-day undercover operation targeting Internet predators, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.
In a release on social media, deputies said the men had traveled to meet a minor for sex.
“The 13- to 15-year-old boys and girls the defendants thought they were messaging this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday were actually undercover detectives,” the release reads.
The 14 men captured in “Operation Travel to Gavel” were identified as follows:
- Julio Cesar Real Chavarria, 33 — South Daytona (Nicaraguan national; ICE detainer placed)
- Mathieu Merveil Kouatonou, 29 — Orlando
- Niegel George Johnson, 28 — Daytona Beach
- Moshe Josue Delgado Juarez, 25 — Ocala
- Sourab Chilakamarri, 26 — Daytona Beach
- Reinaldo Ray Medina Jr., 31 — South Daytona
- Carlos George Guebara, 51 — DeLand
- Kenneth Leon Baldwin Jr., 39 — Daytona Beach
- Thomas Edward McKee, 39 — Port Orange
- Patrick James Concree, 40 — Kissimmee
- Francisco Javier Jurado, 33 — Orange City
- Robert Scott Shipley Jr., 26 — Vero Beach
- Joseph Alan Williamson, 55 — Port Orange
- Joshua Lee Walker, 45 — Lexington, NC
The release shows that Walker was visiting Florida on vacation from North Carolina with his girlfriend and three children at the time.
Meanwhile, investigators also said that Delgado Juarez drove his car into a deputy, fracturing the deputy’s leg. As a result, he also faces charges of aggravated battery, aggravated fleeing, and resisting arrest with violence.
The sheriff’s office released footage showing each of the arrests, which can be found at the top of this story.