Public Safety

Lake City detectives arrest 4 men in undercover child sex sting

Lake City law enforcement arrested four men from the north Florida region following an undercover operation targeting online child exploitation. Detectives posed as underage girls on websites used for arranging sexual encounters, and the four suspects — from Fort White, Lake City, and Jacksonville — engaged in sexually explicit communications believing they were speaking with minors. The men face various sex crime charges.

Sources: WCJB TV20