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Child Predators Targeted

Child Predators Targeted

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Nebraska has participated in a national crackdown on child predators, arresting 22 people the past two months.
Called Operation Broken Heart II, the two-month effort led by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention involved 3-Thousand law enforcement officers; federal, state, and local.
Nebraska State Patrol Sergeant Eric Jones says the operation wanted both to make arrests and to make its presence known. . .

 

Jones says it’s important law enforcement work across state lines to arrest child predators. . .

 

The task force followed up on 120 complaints in Nebraska, launching 95 investigations which resulted in those 22 arrests.

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