Teh One Who Knocks
05-24-2017, 11:41 AM
WFTV Web Staff
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Eric Norris
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Nearly 40 people were arrested in an undercover sting targeting people who traveled to Polk County for the sole purpose to have sex with minors and online prostitution, deputies said.
The undercover sting took place from May 15 to May 21.
The men responded to online ads they thought were from children, but were really from undercover detectives, deputies said.
Deputies said Eric Norris, 28 of Jacksonville, drove farther than any other suspect to perform sex acts with who he believed was a 12-year-old girl.
Norris communicated online with who he believed to be the stepmother of the girl, and sent the girl nude photos and images depicting child pornography. It is suspected that he has sexually abused children based on statements he made to detectives, deputies said. They are continuing to investigate.
Norris was booked into the Polk County Jail and charged with attempted sexual battery on a minor, transmission of material harmful to a minor, use of a computer to solicit parent/guardian and two-way communication device to commit a felony.
"These predators are really out there, trying to violate children. All it takes is one glance at the conversations these predators have with our undercover detectives. They lurk in chat rooms and online, ready to groom and violate your children. Fortunately, we've prevented at least 19 of them from doing so. The things that these predators say to children are vile, disgusting and not fit for anyone except trained detectives to read. And even seasoned, trained detectives are repulsed. These predators need to be locked up, and stay locked up and away from children,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd in a news release.
The suspects solicited who they thought were children as young as 10 years old for sex acts, deputies said.
Six of the suspects are from Polk County, Davenport, Haines City, Kissimmee, Lake Wales, and Lakeland, deputies said.
The other 13 people drove from Orlando, Plant City, Brandon, Tampa, Pasco County, Ocala, Jacksonville, Pinnellas County, Cocoa and Palm Bay to meet the children for sex, deputies said.
http://i.imgur.com/yx4CGBbl.jpg
Eric Norris
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Nearly 40 people were arrested in an undercover sting targeting people who traveled to Polk County for the sole purpose to have sex with minors and online prostitution, deputies said.
The undercover sting took place from May 15 to May 21.
The men responded to online ads they thought were from children, but were really from undercover detectives, deputies said.
Deputies said Eric Norris, 28 of Jacksonville, drove farther than any other suspect to perform sex acts with who he believed was a 12-year-old girl.
Norris communicated online with who he believed to be the stepmother of the girl, and sent the girl nude photos and images depicting child pornography. It is suspected that he has sexually abused children based on statements he made to detectives, deputies said. They are continuing to investigate.
Norris was booked into the Polk County Jail and charged with attempted sexual battery on a minor, transmission of material harmful to a minor, use of a computer to solicit parent/guardian and two-way communication device to commit a felony.
"These predators are really out there, trying to violate children. All it takes is one glance at the conversations these predators have with our undercover detectives. They lurk in chat rooms and online, ready to groom and violate your children. Fortunately, we've prevented at least 19 of them from doing so. The things that these predators say to children are vile, disgusting and not fit for anyone except trained detectives to read. And even seasoned, trained detectives are repulsed. These predators need to be locked up, and stay locked up and away from children,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd in a news release.
The suspects solicited who they thought were children as young as 10 years old for sex acts, deputies said.
Six of the suspects are from Polk County, Davenport, Haines City, Kissimmee, Lake Wales, and Lakeland, deputies said.
The other 13 people drove from Orlando, Plant City, Brandon, Tampa, Pasco County, Ocala, Jacksonville, Pinnellas County, Cocoa and Palm Bay to meet the children for sex, deputies said.