{"id":105971,"date":"2025-12-23T06:27:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/105971\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:27:39","slug":"operation-naughty-or-nice-leads-to-21-arrests-in-child-sex-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/105971\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Naughty or Nice leads to 21 arrests in child sex sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26)  \u2014 Twenty-one men, aged 21 to 66, have been arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges related to arranging to meet with a child for sex.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests stem from &#8220;Operation Naughty or Nice,&#8221; a multi-agency undercover operation conducted from Thursday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/elderly-man-convicted-of-child-molestation-fails-to-appear-in-court-arrested-visalia-police-department-tulare-county-jury-richard-bomhard-assistant-district-attorney-adam-clare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elderly man convicted of child molestation fails to appear in court, arrested in Visalia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of those arrested have posted bond, been assigned court dates, and released from custody. <\/p>\n<p>The operation involved members from 17 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force:<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeMadera County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeFresno Police DepartmentClovis Police DepartmentSanger Police DepartmentKerman Police DepartmentKingsburg Police DepartmentReedley Police DepartmentCalifornia Highway PatrolCalifornia Department of JusticeFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC)Fresno County Probation Adult Compliance Team (ACT)Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s OfficeMerced County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Twenty-one men, aged 21 to 66, have been arrested and booked into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-105971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}