BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WDNews) – Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford held a press conference today to announce the success of a four-day Internet operation called Operation Safe Summer which resulted in the arrest of 19 men for using the Internet to set up a meeting with a minor for sex or possession of child pornography.
The operation began on 7/17/24, and concluded on 7/20/24.
The North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force includes the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, Panama City Police Department, Lynn Haven Police Department, Panama City Beach Police Department, Springfield Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the US Marshals Service.
The 19 men arrested include Tito Hernandez, Bradley “BG” Doty, Robert Cox, John Corlett, Jericho Skipper, Aiden Thrift, Brock Westrom, James Wortham, Romario Anderson, Bobby Joe Sheffield, Michael B. Patrick, David Patrick, Oshane Nembhard, Demarcus McDaniel, Johnathan McCormick, Mario Malcomb, Derek King, and Rojha Johnson.
