Florida Child Porn Sweep Nets 21 Suspects, 100,000 Images
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A central Florida sheriff's office says a huge Internet undercover operation turned up more than 100,000 child pornography images and resulted in charges against 21 men.
Polk County sheriff's officials say the four-month investigation netted photos of children as young as 1 month old. More than 80,000 of the photos were found at the home of just one of the suspects.
As of Thursday, 19 of the 21 suspects had been arrested.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}They included a car salesman, a high school student, a forklift operator, a hospital computer tech and three Publix grocery chain employees.
All the suspects are being charged with various counts of possessing and distributing child pornography.