Jacksonville police arrest 8 men in one-day sex sting at a Southside park – Action News Jax

Jacksonville police arrest 8 men in one-day sex sting at a Southside park  Action News Jax

Eight men were arrested in a single day after soliciting sex from an undercover detective at Beach and Peach Urban Park, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The sting came after police received multiple complaints about people using the park for illegal sexual activity. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Eight men were arrested in a single day after soliciting sex from an undercover detective at Beach and Peach Urban Park, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said it received multiple complaints about people using the park, in the Southside Estates area, for illegal sexual activity. Vice Unit detectives took on the case and set up in the park with an undercover detective on Oct.

1. “In just one day, detectives arrested eight men after they approached the undercover detective and solicited a sexual act in the park,” the sheriff’s office said in a release. Some also reportedly exposed themselves while speaking to the detective. “Jacksonville’s beautiful parks are for residents to enjoy the outdoors,” the sheriff’s office said. “They are not a place for illegal or indecent acts.” All eight men were arrested on charges of offering to commit lewdness: [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Out of the eight arrested, two of the men “did admit to having communicated with the detective in the past