Bloomington Police arrested 30 men, including a worker who performed background checks for federal employees such as Department of Homeland Security hires and ICE officers, during a prostitution sting conducted over several days beginning on Feb. 4, Police Chief Booker Hodges said.
Hodges announced the arrests during a news conference on Tuesday, saying the operation, titled "Operation Looking for Love in All the Wrong Place", resulted in the arrests of 29 other men in addition to the federal background-check worker, Fox News reported.
Speaking with members of the media about the sting, Hodges said: "The federal government has a certain agency that does all their backgrounds, the Department of Defense, he works for them. So he does all the ICE backgrounds, HSI backgrounds, FBI, whenever anyone needs a security clearance, he's one of the people who does it. Not just specific to ICE, other federal agencies also."
The chief said all but two of the men will be charged with gross misdemeanours, while the other two men will face felonies due to prior offences.
