A multi-agency operation targeting sex offenders resulted in the arrest of multiple individuals on a variety of charges.

From Dec. 8th to Dec. 12th, multiple agencies teamed up with detectives from the Panama City Police Department in a joint operation to target and remove individuals in the community on various sex-related crimes. Other agencies participating included:

·       Bay County Sheriff’s Office

·       Panama City Beach Police Department

·       Lynn Haven Police Department

·       14th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office

·       Homeland Security

·       Florida Department of Law Enforcement

·       FBI

·       U.S. Marshal’s Office

·       Naval Criminal Intelligence Service

·       Escambia County Sheriff’s Office

In all, the four-day operation resulted in the arrest of 28 individuals on charges ranging from failure to register as a sex offender; failure to register an email address; failure to register an Internet identifier, such as a social media account or Internet provider; possession of child pornography; traveling to meet a minor for sex; lewd and lascivious battery and aggravated sexual battery.

·       Roger Black, B/M, 66 – Failure to register as a sex offender

·       Dusty Cade, W/M, 34 – Theft, resisting arrest without violence

·       Spencer Jenkins, W/M, 33 – Sex offender failure to register a social identifier (Snapchat)

·       Charles Reddice, B/M, 64 – Sex offender failure to register an email

·       Demetrius Jones, B/M, 42 – Sex offender failure to register an Internet identifier

·       Tamara Lamm, W/F, 56 – Sex offender failure to register an Internet identifier, failure to register email, failure to register employer

·       Timmy Odom, W/M, 67 – Sex offender failure to register Internet identifier

·       Walter Shorter, B/M, 72 – Failure to register email address

·       Wallace Miller, B/M, 62 – Failure to register as a sex offender

·       John Britt, W/M, 57 – Failure to register internet identifier

·       David Peltier, W/M, 41 – Failure to register email address

·       Noah Mokiao-Munoz, W/M, 22 – Promoting the sexual performance of a child

·       Dillon Wilson, W/M, 22 – Traveling to meet a minor for sex, transmission of material harmful to a minor, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device

·       Aimee Brooks, W/F, 44 – Harassing a victim

·       William Melcher, W/M, 46 – Transmission of material harmful to a minor, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device

·       Timothy McNeil Jr, W/M. 26 – Unlawful use of a 2-way communication device, solicitation of a minor for a sex act using a computer/device, traveling to meet a minor for sex

·       Michael Alberts, W/M, 46 – Traveling to meet a minor for sex, solicitation of a minor for sex, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device, transmission of material harmful to a minor

·       Michael Johnson, B/M, 22 – Promoting the sexual performance of a minor

·       Harry Menegelt, W/M, 58 – Aggravated sexual battery on a victim under the age of 13, sodomy of a victim under the age of 13

·       Timothy Jackson, W/M, 31 – Solicitation of a minor for sexual act, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device

·       Christopher Brett, W/M, 31 – Solicitation of a minor for sexual act, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device

·       John Lee, O/M, 29 – Traveling to meet a minor for sex, solicitation of a minor for sexual act, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device, tampering with evidence, resisting arrest without violence

·       Tyler May, W/M, 26 – Traveling to meet a minor for sex, transmission of material harmful to a minor, unlawful use of a 2-way communication device, solicitation of a minor for a sexual act

·       Anthony Fifer, W/M, 58 – Possession of child pornography

·       Elizer Cera, O/M, 33 – Traveling to meet a minor for sex

·       Alexander Bohn, W/M, 23 – Possession of child pornography

·       Bradley Mormile, W/M, 21 – Lewd or lascivious battery

·       Jeremy Rogers, W/M, 27 – Traveling to meet a minor for sex, solicitation, unlawful use of a two-way communication device

More than 30 law enforcement officers at various levels participated in the operation, putting in countless hours and thorough investigative work to make these arrests.

“I and the Panama City Police Department are proud to team up with dozens of local, state and federal law enforcement officers, focused and dedicated to protecting the most innocent,” Panama City Police Chief Mark Smith said. “They left their families to work long hours, at times into the early morning hours to keep other families safe.”

Anyone having information in this case is urged to call the Panama City Police Department at 850-872-3100, or they can report tips anonymously via smartphone by downloading the “Panama City PD” Tip411 app from the iOS or Google Play stores.

Prepared by: Ken McVay
Information provided by: Lt. Taylor
Approved by: Chief Mark Smith

Alert sent on 12/13/2021 at 11:25AM EST

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