5 males have been arrested in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Wednesday as a part of an undercover operation to crack down on the sexual exploitation of kids.
In a Fb put up, Fall River police stated they have been specializing in individuals who look to interact with industrial intercourse with minors.
As a part of the operation, an undercover trooper posing as a 15-year-old lady posted a pretend commercial on-line. Suspects who responded to the advert have been despatched to a predetermined location, the place they have been arrested.
5 males — 64-year-old Russell Phillips, of Fall River, 43-year-old Mark Brownell, of Portsmouth, NH, 25-year-old Troy Medeiros, of Fall River, 38-year-old Orion Wellinghurst, of Rochester and 20-year-old Carlos Arturo Fernandez Serna, of Central Falls — have been arrested.
Phillips, Brownell, and Medeiros have been every charged with sexual conduct for a price with a toddler, enticement of a kid below the age of 16, and try and commit a criminal offense to wit tried rape of a kid. Wellinghurst and Fernandez Serna face the identical expenses and have been additionally charged with resisting arrest.
This was a collaborative effort by the Massachusetts State Police Excessive Threat Victims Unit (HRVU), the Fall River Police Division Group Motion and Suppression Staff (CAST), and the Massachusetts State Police Troop D Group Motion Staff.
“We’re unwavering in our dedication to safeguarding the youth of our group. Each baby deserves to develop up in a protected and nurturing atmosphere, free from the specter of exploitation and abuse. By way of collaborative efforts, superior investigative methods, and a steadfast give attention to prevention, we stay dedicated to figuring out and dismantling methods that endanger our youngsters,” Fall River police wrote in a Fb put up.
