Overview
- Fort Worth police announced Wednesday that an Internet Crimes Against Children sting led to 10 arrests in a case targeting adults who sought sex with minors online.
- The undercover operation, called Operation Spring Cleaning, ran April 1–3 and focused on people attempting to solicit children under 17.
- Investigators posed across multiple social and messaging platforms to identify suspects who tried to arrange meetings with what they believed were minors.
- The multi-agency effort included the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, Texas DPS, the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and police in Crowley and Carrollton.
- Police released body-camera video of the arrests and posted the suspects' names, urged parents to monitor kids' online contacts, and said the active probe limits what details they can share.