The Clay County Sheriff’s Office announced arrests Tuesday in Operation: Don’t Play In Clay, which netted the arrest of 19 individuals who were charged with traveling to meet a minor. Deputies posed as minors in chat rooms and while some people agreed to meet with these “minors,” others reported the activity.

The operation was performed in cooperation with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, Gainesville Police, Tallahassee Police Department, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

The following individuals were arrested:

Christopher Michael Adams, 41, Middleburg

Dennis Dwayne Baucom, 37, Jacksonville

Ronald Leslie Brewster, 46, Jacksonville

John Bricker, Jacksonville, 35

Steven Lawrence Chapman, 24, Orange Park

Joshua Daniel Ehlers, 25, Jacksonville

Jason Jody Lull, 33, Jacksonville

Steven Earl Marshall, 49, Jacksonville

Jack Carlton Mealey, 47, Orange Park

Derrall Lamar Middlebrooks, 26, Gainesville

Michael Garrett Miller, 26, Orange Park

Christopher Shane Parks, 41, Jacksonville

Jason Andrew Pfisterer, 32, Savannah

Steven Kyle Scharfenstine, 29, Jacksonville

Ryan Lee Scheurman, 27, Orange Park

Philip Jacob Seidenstricker, 23, Jacksonville

Jeffry Dale Smith, 23, Atlantic Beach

Ryan Lawrence Spooner, 20, Jacksonville

Joseph Russell Watts, Jr., 25, Jacksonville

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