205 arrested in FBI child sex operation, Patel and Bondi announce
Bondi said that 115 children were rescued in the operation
By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published May 7, 2025 11:19am EDT
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday that 205 alleged child sex predators who preyed on children online have been arrested in the last week.
The arrests are part of a new joint operation by the Justice Department and FBI called "Operation Restore Justice" which saw 115 children across the country rescued in the process, Bondi and Patel said.
Bondi called the operation "historic" and "unprecedented" and she warned parents to be vigilant of sex predators posing as children online. The operation spanned 55 field offices.
"These depraved human beings, if convicted, will face the maximum penalty in prison, some [for] life," Bondi said at a press briefing.
"We will find you. We will arrest you, and we will charge you. If you are online targeting a child, you will not escape us. The FBI and the Department of Justice will come after you. And we will prosecute you."
Patel said that Jeremy Francis Klonskyv, a Minneapolis state trooper and former Army reservist, was arrested for producing child sexual abuse material while in uniform.
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