PENSACOLA, Fla. — A five-day online Florida operation targeting predators led to the arrest of 13 individuals.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says “Operation Twelve Parsecs” went after predators “who were engaging in sexually explicit and harmful communication with minors, transmitting child sexual abuse material, and arranging to meet a minor for sexual activity.”

The following individuals were arrested and charged as a result of the operation:

Nicholas Beech, 27, of Eight Mile, Ala. no mug

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony; transmission of harmful material to a minor

Marshall Blansett, 39, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, transmission of harmful material to a minor

Duran Brown, 18, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

Royce Cromer, 39, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

Micah Costner, 18, of Gulf Shores, Ala.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

Christopher Glover, 47, of Grand Bay, Ala.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony; transmission of harmful material to a minor, resisting arrest without violence

David Girard, 70, of Robertsdale, Ala.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

Noah Kimmons, 19, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

William Pierce, 52, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: transmission of harmful material to a minor, use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, promoting the sexual performance by a child

Robby Robertson, 47, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

Ricardo Del Rosario, 38, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

Ranger Shindle, 19, of Crestview, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony; transmission of harmful material to a minor

Chad Wren, 56, of Pensacola, Fla.

Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony

WEAR News told you about the arrest of an elementary school custodian earlier this week. Wren is just one of 13 men arrested as part of the operation.

The mugshots for Beech and Glover are not available at this time.

During the operation, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) partnered with the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Department of Agriculture, Homeland Security Investigations, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, United States Marshals Service, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Gulf Breeze Police Department, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, and the Lake City Police Department.

The investigation is ongoing.