MARTIN COUNTY – Six men were recently arrested after allegedly engaging in sexually explicit communication with minors, transmitting child sexual abuse material, and arranging to meet minors for sexual activity, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek announced on Nov. 13.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office, working alongside special agents and analysts with the state Department of Law Enforcement; Stuart Police Department; Jupiter Police Department; Homeland Security Investigations; U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service – Miami Field Office; Office of Statewide Prosecution; and the Office of the State Attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit, conducted a three-day multi-agency operation, known as “Operation All Tricks, No Treats,” targeting sexual predators who sought to exploit children online.
Arrested were:
• Isaias Chaman Coy, 40, Guatemala, on charges of use of a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child; travel to meet after using a computer to lure a child.
• David Desormeaux, 39, of Canada, on charges of use of a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child; travel to meet after using a computer to lure a child; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
• Miguel Angel, 34, of Stuart, on charges of use of a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child; travel to meet after using a computer to lure a child; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony. He also was in possession of a firearm, Budensiek noted.
• Antonio Frederico Perez Rojas, 22, Guatemala, on charges of use of a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child; travel to meet after using a computer to lure a child; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
• Mohamed Kamal Mesregah, 38, Egypt, on charges of use of a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child; travel to meet after using a computer to lure a child; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
• Jeremiah Jamal Gilyard, 34 Madison, Florida, on charges of use of a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child; travel to meet after using a computer to lure a child; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
Coy, Rojas and Mesregah also are illegal immigrants and the Sheriff’s Office is working with Homeland Security on removal orders for those individuals. Budensiek noted.
These cases are being prosecuted by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution; State Attorney’s Office for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit; and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District.
Another 12 arrests are expected, Budensiek said.