A 41-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with “Operation Checkmate,” a multi-day Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigation targeting people who use the internet to solicit children for sex, the sheriff’s office said.

A Clay County mother says she still does not have the answers she needs — and she is not backing down.

Clay County parents took their concerns to the school board after a volunteer wrestling coach at Wilkinson Junior High School was arrested as part of an undercover sting targeting men accused of trying to solicit minors online.

Clay County parents are questioning the school district’s vetting process after a volunteer wrestling coach who worked with students and had a past record of convictions was arrested as part of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s undercover sting “Operation Checkmate.”

A Clay County school volunteer is permanently banned from all district campuses after his arrest in a massive, multi-agency child predator sting — one that netted nearly 30 men accused of soliciting minors online for sex.

Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Thursday that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested 29 people in a multi‑agency child predator investigation called ‘Operation Checkmate.’