HAINES CITY (FOX 13) -
More than 30 people were arrested following a large sex sting targeted at online predators, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
There is a man who traveled more than 1,000 miles, all the way from Chicago, hoping to have sex with a minor.
Then there is a married man with children who took his family to Disney, waited until his wife and kids fell asleep that night, and then snuck out of the hotel room, investigators said.
There was also a fifth grad teacher.
All in all 38 arrests later, Sheriff Grady Judd said it was a successful operation.
"Well, as we say in my world, they have a hitch in their giddy-up," Judd said. "They're not normal people. They're pedophiles. They want access to your child. Even though their common sense says this is a police sting, their desire for your child overrides their common sense.
The operation spanned 10 days and was based out of two houses in a Haines City subdivision. A long table lined a living room where 11 laptops were setup for detectives.
As in previous stings, undercover investigators posed as children and arranged meetings with men.
Most of the men arrested came from outside Polk County, including a fifth grade teacher from Orange County and a registered sex offender from Brooksville.
"It's disgusting," Judd said. "What they're trying to do is have sex with our children and our grandchildren. And what we as law enforcement are doing is stopping that, protecting the children of this state and certainly of this county."
Deputies say some men took naked photographs of themselves and sent them. About 14 state and federal agencies were part of the operation – the second of its kind this year in the county.
The following is a list of the people arrested in the sting:
Steven Allen, 29, Orlando
John Bandel, 33, Addison, Ill.
Luis Bermudez, 46, Davenport
Jason Bouck, 36, Sherrill, N.Y.
Casimiro Carino, 25, Orlando
Matthew Chillcott, 43, Orlando
Daniel Cintron, 25, Winter Garden
David Cook, 50, Lake Hamilton
William Corley, 37, Winter Garden
Richard Corti, 42, Maitland
Jason Crain, 37, Orlando
Anthony David, 24, Tampa
Walter Exantus, 19, Fort Benning, Ga.
Larry Falde, 46, Casselberry
Justin Franco, 20, Winter Springs
Richard Green, 32, Lakeland
Rueben Jaime, 26, Orlando
Christopher Jekov, 23, Deltona
Dong-Kyu Kang, 23, Unknown
Ryan Loewen, 27, Melbourne
Phil Luna, 52, San Jose, Calif.
Jean Marc Luxcien, 30, Orlando
Michael Maskalenko, 27, Orlando
Randy May, 46, Lake Wales
Kenneth McCracken, 21, Titusville
Mark Noethen, 22, Orlando
Anthony Ochoa, 33, Kissimmee
Joshua Rivas, 21, Poinciana
Javier Rosario, 48, Haines City
Collin Rosser, 32, Orlando
Zleymen Sanchez, 21, St. Cloud
Omee Santiago, 24, Kissimmee
Wilson Silva, 31, Brooksville
Todd Simmerman, 22, Titusville
Johnny Thomas, 28, Palmetto
Shaun Unertl, 20, Orlando
Michael Wells, 25, Altamonte Springs
Warren White, 30, St. Mary's, Ga.
