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Kings County DA: Operation Freedom led to nine arrests; office files civil Brown Act complaint against Avenel
Summary
District Attorney Sarah told the board Operation Freedom, a multi‑agency decoy operation in Sept. 2025, resulted in nine arrests and emphasized trafficking occurs in rural areas and online; she also said her office filed a civil Brown Act complaint against the City of Avenel on Dec. 19 aimed at remedial procedural changes.
District Attorney Sarah told the Kings County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 that a multi‑agency operation known as Operation Freedom in September 2025 led to the apprehension of nine suspects who were allegedly targeting children through social media platforms. Sarah said local, state and federal partners — including the sheriff's office, Hanford, Lemoore and Corcoran police departments, the major crimes task force, the FBI and the California Department of Justice — participated in the operation and were “met with tremendous success.”
She described human…
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