WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated effort across 55 FBI field officers to identify, track, and arrest child sex predators.
The Department of Justice says the operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown.
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The operation was carried out over the course of five days by all 55 FBI field offices, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Department’s Criminal Division, and United States Attorney’s Offices around the country.
“The Department of Justice will never stop fighting to protect victims — especially child victims — and we will not rest until we hunt down, arrest, and prosecute every child predator who preys on the most vulnerable among us,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “I am grateful to the FBI and their state and local partners for their incredible work in Operation Restore Justice and have directed my prosecutors not to negotiate.”
FBI Jacksonville announced 3 arrests in connection with the operation in St. Augustine, Ocala and Pensacola.
The arrest in St. Augustine occurred on April 30. Brittany Firth, 41, was charged with producing and distributing child sex abuse material.
According to the complaint, detectives with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children unit received information from a social media and gaming platform company about child sexual abuse material uploaded by the user “xo.southpaw.ox,” later identified as Firth.
If convicted, she faces up to 70 years in federal prison.
