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.