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JSO cracks down on child predators with investigation that leads to 29 arrests

Published: June 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM

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.’

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