Operation ‘Deviant Desire’ – another Central Florida “Sting Operation”
Another Central Florida County is creating headlines and publicly patting themselves on the back for another “sex offender sting operation” (this one dubbed ‘Deviant Desire’) that arrested 11 people who would likely not have engaged with a minor for sex if not for the efforts of the police, who throw out ads on adult sites and then change the age of the person to a minor in order to charge people of sex offenses.
You can watch a video of the arrests plus the press conference from this link:
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wake up people
most people I know want to have a person to be intimate with but for gods sake when you see or hear 14 years old HANG UP!!!!!!!!!!!
In the 1980s, a rock group made a song with a chorus that goes:
“Don’t stand, don’t stand so
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand, don’t stand so
Don’t stand so close to me”
It’s a song about an adult teacher being tempted by a young schoolgirl. The rock group was/is appropriately called The Police. The lead singer’s name, Sting. They were decades ahead of what’s happening today.
LOL hate to laugh but I never really thought about that before. I am usually pretty good at picking things out like that but for the past 35 years my life ( like many on here ) has been turned upside down. First by something I was accused of then later when the Government decided we all needed to be registered deviants so non deviants could come commit crimes against us with no consequences. Since we are not allowed to own a firearm we have to look for other items to protect our homes like a 155 lb dog, a baseball bat and a security system with cameras.
Ironically the band’s name is The Police
WJ I did that and they messaged me two more times. It also doesn’t help that the Florida Legislature makes their burden of proof non existent
Are all 67 Florida sheriffs similar to this Chitwood? Or is he, like, kind of special?
Either way, I know what Chitwood for the most part is NOT doing— protecting kids. Instead, he is engaging in security theater at the county’s expense.
Dear Jacob, the answer to your question is no. Orange County (Orlando) Sheriff John Mina has a brother serving a very lengthy period in a Florida prison for a contact sex offense. Since Sheriff Mina took office, I haven’t seen any of these types of stings or sex offender registry stings in Orange County. I’m not saying such stings are totally absent, but it appears Sheriff Mina is not the camera hounds that the Sheriff $hitwood and Sheriff Pudd are in nearby counties Volusia and Polk counties, respectively.
Camera hounds must be the term I was looking for. Reminds me that St. John’s and Duval, among others, are diligent about compliance but rarely if ever waste resources on such publicity stunts. It’s encouraging that in a major county like Orange, the sheriff is more grounded and apparently shows some common sense.
Before becoming Sheriff Chitwood was the city of Daytona’s police chief.
He has bounced around a lot and I would like to know why he left so many departments. Here is his profile ( See link for all of it )
Elected Sheriff of Volusia County in August 2016. Sworn in on January 3, 2017
Police Chief, Daytona Beach Police Department (May 30, 2006-November 11, 2016)
Police Chief, Shawnee, Oklahoma (May 1, 2005-May 23, 2006)
Philadelphia Police Department (November 1988-May 2005); worked in the patrol, tactical, narcotics and detective divisions;
rose to the rank of Lieutenant and was the recipient of 58 official commendations for valor, bravery, heroism and merit
https://www.volusiasheriff.org/about/sheriff.stml
My guess is that he will be voted out of office come 2020. From what I have seen in the Duval/Clay area, voters do not put up with people like him.
Someone this week asked if all sheriffs in the state of Florida are like this guy. Regardless of what you think of him, the sheriff in Jacksonville/Duval seems to stay in the background for the most part, shying away from the public spotlight. In Clay County that has always been true, too, until our new sheriff came into office. He loves to get in front of a microphone and seems more like a politician than a sheriff. Well, now he is under a state investigation, and he has become very quiet. In my many years on this earth, I have observed others similar to Chitwood and found that they carry their hot-headed, bullying tactics into all areas of their lives and are eventually brought down by them. I predict this will happen to Chitwood some day. A lot of prayers can help speed up the process.
Are Volusia County children safer than other children? Are they victimized at lower rates, due to people like Sheriff Chitwood?
I think I know the answer but want to make sure I’m not the one that’s crazy.
Our Jacksonville paper recently reported about the crime problem in Daytona Beach: rampant prostitution (which probably means sex trafficking), motorcycle gangs and serial killers. Chitwood needs to focus his attention on where the real crime is in his county.
This is the first time that I have actually ever seen a video of him. He needs counseling. He criticizes everyone: judges, attorneys and media outlets. He is scary.
The video makes Chitwood seem more unhinged than peoples’ descriptions of him on the FAC forum would lead you to believe, and that’s saying something.
While many good points are being made in these comments, the fact remains that 11 people did not walk away when the age of the person they were talking to was eventually made known to them. Bad for them, bad for all of us, and bad for FAC and other organizations trying to make progress in our fight to get relief from this burden. How do we convince the public who is reluctant to listen that there really is no reason to not support our cause when these eleven idiots give law enforcement all the ammunition they need to justify our status quo? While I support all the points being made here and in other postings, I cannot disregard the damage done to all of us by those who cannot control their problem and have no sympathy for them or for their current status. If you have a problem with alcohol then stay away from the dam bar.
It does help our cause in that none of the perpetrators were on the registry. (Am I correct? Because I believe the sheriff would have made a big deal of it if someone were).
Take the registry down, because as this example shows, it protects almost no one. Something like 95.8% of sex crimes are perpetrated by someone with no criminal record. And recidivism stats for those convicted are well known to those on this forum.
But these are thoughtful observations from Sentinel, and I don’t entirely disagree.
The problem is, now they will all most likely be added to the states registry. Like I said, if the registries still exist 20 years from now, statistically 50% of the U.S population will be on some sort of registry.
Sentinal, I agree with your opinion generally. The teachings I ascribe to in connection with my faith would guide me away from a potentially disastrous situation as these individuals have found themselves in.
That aside, I have just one correction with regard to your comment. Let’s remember that the “person” they were talking to were, in reality, of legal age, and at some point (which is not entirely clear when) the person impersonates a minor to create the criminal violation. I’m sure profile pictures and/or ages didn’t match the age being used to prosecute these persons, otherwise they would simply be booted from the site (these are adult only sites according to the post). It’s only in the chat sessions that this detail must, therefore, must have been disclosed.
It would be in the public’s interest to scrutinize these chat sessions to ensure our law enforcement personnel are, in fact, operating within the bounds of the law and that these arrests do, in fact, represent the prosecution of persons whose intent is to criminally engage in sexual conduct with minors, to the extent that this intent is without dispute.
I agree only ones who are preying are those sheriff including sheriff grady judd he does it and thinks he is the only law there is we know how they are doing for one thing why would 14 be on adult sights lets go people fight back no they aren’t any safer it parents job to keep them safe its his job to protect and serve everyone not to cause more crime
Years ago I use to go on a dating site after my divorce. You would be talking to a nice looking lady or man ( depending on what you like ) and their profile would say they were 25. After 15 minutes or so when they have you liking them, “oh hope your not mad, but I am 15” . What is funny is I would click the “report” button with a screen shot of the conversation. The next day the same person was on there and can 100% guarantee you it was law enforcement working along with the site since the profile never went away. One time someone who was braver than me was typing in the main chat room that everyone can see to not talk to that person because they were a cop.
When I got arrested there was no such thing as the internet. Ok now I feel old.
Sentinel-Think of this ‘crime creation’ as an assembly line. You start with a frame (of age chat site) where adults go to just socialize or meet someone they can get acquainted with and hopefully begin a relationship. Right? No crime there! The frame moves on down the line with parts (conversation & grooming) being added along the way. Now it’s time for the engine to be dropped in to get it ready to drive off the line. The bait has been put out and the switch occurs. It is known that many guys caught up in these stings are experiencing some depression from a break-up, divorce, loss, etc., so the engine is not clicking on all cylinders. They are vulnerable and the gasoline (testosterone) gets added at the next station. The brakes are being installed so that it can be operational when driven off the line. That is, of course, where the conversation should end but wait you can get the cool wheels, high performance and extra warranty at little cost (pot, liquor sex toys) if you add them to your contract.
The public is groomed to believe they are saving a child which we know is a farce and the public is NEVER told the details of how this occurs as they want to protect their operation.
Lastly, the assembly line crew turns the vehicle over to the sales team (prosecutors) who sprinkles some false statements in to the sales pitch. Again the public never sees the sprinkles. The crime ends in a plea deal (97% federal and 95% state). A life and a family are destroyed,
Maybe we should suggest that the media do a deep-dive in a case by asking for the records and talking with the offender then write their story.
Soooooo, let’s say it was a minor the officer’s were soliciting, would you arrest them if they showed up?
The problem is they are adults talking to adults so why is a 14 year old on adult sight they aren’t targeting children the officers are preying on adults sights yes i think now people should start going on and calling police. I know for a fact the one in may 2017 duval county officers contacted the person at 1 am what they don’t do is give all texts picture to attorneys or court of what all they do like an officers picture one with wedding ring the sheriff just thinks he is above the law what the heck a duval judge went on a special sight got caught he appolized and said he was courious so why would a 14 year be on adult sight during day should be in school after school hours should be home doing home work how many times is there crime and shows on news they need public help on information how is that working for ya
Who tells the truth on a internet dating site especially sites like Craigslist or Tinder. The answer is no one and since to most it’s not common knowledge that once a person states they are a minor they don’t have to provide proof that statement is enough of course they are going to arrest people especially when you think its just some 40 something pulling your chain which is what happened to me. So don’t be so quick to blame someone for hurting our cause because you don’t know what they were thinking when it happened.
This clearly illustrates that Florida has no intention on making their so called sex offender registry anything more than a money making machine.
These cops are LAZY and they always go after the low hanging fruit. So when they are not planting evidence on innocent citizens they stage stings such as this.
They have NO intention of ever removing people from this hit list until the Federal government forces them – so – don’t hold your breath!
Shitwood needs to keeps saying these are protecting kids, protect the kids, etc…
2 questions for you shitwood
1}. where are these kids you protected with these arrests?
Ohh there were none!
2}. since you tout your uneducated pie hole stating that these are dangerous people then why were non a previously convicted sex offender?
Mr. Shitwood, you are a danger to the community breaking up families, ruining people’s lives with these nonexistent child sex victims by creating crimes! Also Mr. Shitwood STOP behaving and crying like a little child by throwing a temper tantrum because of your unmet need/desire of positive press. Mr. Shitwood, This Country is not shitwood’s way or no way last time i checked!
Sheriff Shitwood (or as I’d like to call him Sheriff Lobo) fails to tell that the “sting” to catch “child predators” was done on a site meant for ADULTS 18+ ONLY. Sheriff Lobo fails to admit that these guys were NOT INITIALLY looking for teenagers but stayed talking AFTER a false age was revealed (14/15) because of possible desperation due to loneliness.
Sheriff Lobo should also have made it known that these men could be ANYONE, including the same men who like to go online and make comments about how they’d kill the S.O.B. that tries to do this to their kid.
11 were caught. How many others were not because they backed out? And how many of them were previously convicted sex offenders? Oh yeah – NONE OF THEM.
So, since most men WILL fall into the temptation, we’re eventually going to have the entire country on the SOR list. Then what?