ZitatCOLUMBUS, Ohio - More than 100 people have been arrested in a massive human trafficking and internet sex sting.
Among those charged - a medical doctor and a church youth director.
The operation focused on three central Ohio counties: Franklin, Fairfield, and Delaware.
All accused of the same crimes: attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning. Major Steven Tucker with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office says they all showed up with the intention of meeting a child for sex.
"We make sure there is no mistake about that," Tucker said.
He oversaw the sting operation run by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
He says it starts with online chats between the men, and who they believe to be underage boys and girls.
It's actually an officer posing as a juvenile.
"The reality that they were operating in, is that there absolutely was a child at the other end of that device, and that's who they were coming to see."
And he says each of the 24 men followed through.
"They show up with sex toys, they show up with lubrication. They show up with things that clearly somebody isn't going to show up to a house with, unless they intended to engage in sexual activity."