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The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Vice Unit arrested 29 people \u2014 24 men and five women \u2014 during a three-day operation targeting people using the internet to solicit sex, the agency announced.<\/p>\n
The operation, dubbed \u201cOperation County Line,\u201d was conducted in partnership with the Intercept Task Force and the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Investigators targeted individuals using online sites to solicit or offer prostitution.<\/p>\n While prostitution is a misdemeanor offense, JSO said it remains a serious crime that fuels human trafficking and spreads disease in the community.<\/p>\n The following suspects were arrested:<\/p>\n Devin Alexander Douglas, 29<\/p>\n Daniel Howard Fields Jr., 54<\/p>\n Travis Lance Alvin Yokel, 48<\/p>\n Stacey Chanell Clayton, 39<\/p>\n Brandon Michael Thomas Sr., 51<\/p>\n Steven James Winsberg, 40<\/p>\n Mohammed Tagelsir-Ma Mohammed, 33<\/p>\n Natorian Devert Apente Bell, 27<\/p>\n Nicholas Michael Male, 48<\/p>\n Roderick Lavaughn-Alexan Shuman II, 33<\/p>\n Darryl Charles Crooms Jr., 39<\/p>\n Gerald Martin Timmers, 47<\/p>\n Kamaria Anjelika Mills, 20<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n JSO is asking the public to report suspected prostitution or suspicious activity, whether online or in person.<\/p>\n Tips can be reported to the agency at 904-630-0500 or to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, available 24\/7, at 1-888-373-7888.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Vice Unit arrested 29 people \u2014 24 men and five women \u2014 during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14749,135840,122393,116,118,117,1872,135841],"class_list":["post-328960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-clay-county-sheriffs-office","tag-devin-alexander-douglas","tag-intercept-task-force","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso","tag-travis-lance-alvin-yokel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}