Overview
- The district attorney’s office, which announced the results Monday, said investigators flagged more than 500 IP addresses, served 46 home search warrants, and made 42 arrests.
- Fourteen people were labeled high risk, including a suspect wanted on a $2 million child-sexual-assault warrant and professionals such as a child psychologist, a hospital chief technology officer, a planning director, and a retired law enforcement employee.
- The probe ran from March 2025 to March 2026 as a partnership between the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team and O.U.R. Rescue, with support from Homeland Security Investigations, California Highway Patrol, and Los Angeles and San Diego ICAC task forces.
- Arrests spanned 19 cities with the most in Menifee (six), Riverside (five), and Moreno Valley (five), and suspects ranged in age from 21 to 81.
- Prosecutors said cases are moving forward across agencies in a region where task forces focus on exploitation risks tied to large numbers of missing and runaway youth.