Eight men arrested in potential child predator sting in Tulare County

A peculiar portion of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office conducted "Operation Heartbreak" to drawback imaginable predators.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A "sweetheart scheme" was launched contiguous but the targets were not the victims.

A peculiar portion of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office conducted "Operation Heartbreak" to drawback imaginable predators.

Eight men were arrested successful the sting. They scope successful property from 18-to-43.

Detectives acceptable up "underage decoy" accounts connected societal media to ace down connected enactment crimes involving children.

Authorities accidental astir "immediately" adults contacted the "decoys" -trying to conscionable them successful person.

On Monday, agents arrested the suspects who showed up to conscionable who they thought- were juveniles.

The men look felony charges of arranging to conscionable a kid for lewd purposes.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux says the section volition proceed to beryllium "vigilant and assertive successful identifying predators".