POLK COUNTY, Fla. -- Details of online chats have been released after at least 25 men accused of soliciting sex from kids online were caught on tape. The men showed up at a local home and found deputies there to meet them.
In a weekend sting called Operation Guardian, deputies caught a youth hockey coach, a homeland security worker and a volunteer firefighter. Deputies said they all thought they were meeting up with young girls. Investigators set up in a Polk County home and went on the Internet, posing as teen girls aged 13 to 15. Deputies said it didn't take long before at least 25 men showed expecting sex. Instead, they got arrested.
The suspects come from all walks of life. For example, 51-year-old Joseph Cioffi is a security screener at Orlando International Airport. He used to be a Marion County sheriff's deputy. Investigators said he is known online as "Dirtydeeds50J." Deputies said he told a detective, posing as a 13-year-old, "I would kill you in bed."
David Ronan, 42, was just hired as dispatcher for the Osceola County Fire Department. Deputies said he asked a detective, who said she was 14, "You think you might like to lose your virginity to an older guy?"
Even more bold, detectives said, was Orlando youth hockey coach Nathan Galbraith, whose MySpace page includes 14- and 16-year-old girls. They said he asked the detective decoy to be naked, so "I don't walk in and get arrested."
Galbraith coached several teams with Roller Hockey Orlando. The team's administrator said Galbraith will no longer be allowed at games and then read a brief statement: "Please be advised that there is no crystal ball to what someone will do and what they are capable and the safety of kids is ultimately up to parents."
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