WINTER HAVEN - A new roundup of suspects Thursday brought to 141 the number of people arrested on child pornography charges in three years worth of targeted investigations by the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

The arrests of 29 men concluded Operation Child Shield II, an investigation launched in July 2009 and the fifth anti-child porn operation conducted by the Sheriff's Office since January 2007.

During a Thursday morning press conference at the sheriff's Central District Command in Winter Haven, Sheriff Grady Judd described some of the crimes uncovered by the investigation. Among the images found was one showing an infant in diapers being raped, Judd said.

"These are monsters in our society," the sheriff said while trying to control his emotions. "These people don't deserve the air they are breathing."

Judd said the images needed to be described because society has been desensitized to the crime of child pornography. He said the Internet makes it easy for people to get child porn.

At 4 a.m. Thursday, sheriff's deputies throughout Polk County began arresting 29 people identified as suspects during Operation Child Shield II. Including Thursday's roundup, 50 people have been arrested in the operation.

Charges ranged from one to 50 counts of possession of child pornography and some charges of promotion of child porn.

The Sheriff's Office reported that the computers owned or used by the men arrested Thursday had been previously seized by investigators. Those computers were found to have contained child pornography and/or evidence that the suspects had illegally downloaded or traded child pornography online, authorities said.
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Charles Ayers (22): http://www.myspace.com/453048016
Mike Cochran (24): http://www.myspace.com/Enigma2008
Sean "Whitey" McIlwain (21): http://www.myspace.com/l_towns_whitey
Drew Hoppen (45): http://www.myspace.com/73921404  (Reportedly a former Disney employee)
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Ronald Brandenburg (18): http://www.myspace.com/457120176
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