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Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Operation targeting online child sex abuse nets 141 arrests across
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Operation targeting online child sex abuse nets 141
arrests across Southern California
Authorities arrested 141 people across Southern California — most of them on
suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material — as part of a weeklong
operation targeting online abuse, officials said Wednesday.
The effort was spearheaded by the long-running Los Angeles Regional Internet
Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, which comprises dozens of law
enforcement agencies led by the LAPD. The results of the operation, which was
conducted Sept. 6-12, were announced at a news conference outside Los Angeles
police headquarters early Wednesday.
LAPD Capt. Jeff Bratcher said many predators take advantage of the anonymity of
the internet to target victims — for example, by infiltrating online gaming sites
where they might try to convince a child to send images of themselves in
exchange for virtual credits that can be used to make in-game purchases. The
rise of esports and social media platforms in recent years has caused a surge in
abuse reports, he said.
“When we first started in 2004, we started LAPD’s ICAC because we received 458 tips
that year. In 2019 that number rose to 8,500. In 2020, 2021, both years, were over
24,000. This year so far, we’re over 25,000, so we should end the year with over 36,000
cybertips,” he said in an interview after the news briefing. “And each one of these tips
was one more potential child victim.”
Although parents are “so used to seeing digital devices in their kids’ hands,” he said, he
encouraged them to more closely monitor their children’s internet activity.
“It’s not the same stranger in a van that your mom and dad and my mom and dad
warned us about; it’s a whole different type of threat,” he said. “And they never
really know who they’re talking to.”
Among those arrested, the majority were wanted on suspicion of possessing,
distributing or manufacturing child sexual abuse material, authorities said. An
additional 18 people were booked for parole or probation violations, six were
wanted for sexual abuse of a minor, and two each for the charges of statutory
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rape and pimping. Three people were arrested on suspicion of causing a domestic
disturbance.
Investigators pursued new leads while also targeting people who had previously
been arrested, Bratcher said.
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These included a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy and Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center pediatrician charged with possessing more than 600 sexually explicit images of
children, he said.
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The pediatrician, Dr. Gary Goulin, was fired from the hospital sometime after his arrest
last November by the LAPD’s Juvenile Division and has been ordered not to practice
medicine while the case against him is pending, according to the City News Service. He
has since pleaded not guilty to possession of child or youth pornography, the wire
service reported.
Task force members also conducted compliance checks on people required to register
as sex offenders for various offenses.
The outbreak of the pandemic brought an alarming surge in child sex abuse reports,
officials said, as stay-at-home orders meant to slow the virus’ spread led to schools
closing, youth activities being cancelled and kids spending more time online.
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