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17 arrested in Turlock child sex abuse sting involving online chats

Turlock police arrested 17 people on several felony sex abuse-related charges after an online chat sting.
Credit: Courtesy: Turlock Police Department
Turlock police car.

TURLOCK, Calif. — Turlock police say they arrested 17 suspects after a recent online chat sting to catch people seeking sex with underage children.

With support from Sacramento and Stanislaus County law enforcement, Turlock police ran a sting operation Jan. 5 and 6. Police arrested 12 suspects who were local to the area and five suspects who came from outside the county.

All suspects were booked into the Stanislaus County Jail, most of them on a $500,000 bail.

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