The Michael Berry Show

Story out of Montgomery County 28 Child Predators arrested 19 children rescued

following Montgomery County investigation targeting the distribution of child sexual abuse material

online. According to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, Operation Hydra

resulted in the arrest and charging of people from 17 states. During the operation,

the District Attorney's Office says detectives were able to rescue 19 children who had been

sexually abused or exploited. As part of the operation, detectives with the Montgomery County

Division of the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force monitored chat

groups on social media for 12 months. The DA's office says the defendants participated in group

chats that were dedicated to distributing child sexual abuse material and most of them posted illicit

images to the group. In a press release, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said,

this operation is a stark reminder of the realities of child sexual exploitation and the proliferation

of child sexual abuse material on the internet and the need for proactive measures to address these

crimes against our children. The difference is this case is being brought in Montgomery County.

The Harris County judges would have released this person before they were even filed,

but that won't happen in Montgomery County. These people will be prosecuted and punished

and because they know they will be prosecuted in a speedy trial where the judges will throw the

book at them, they will be more likely to consent to a plea up front, plead guilty and serve their time.

That's a multiplier effect. See, if you actually do what you're supposed to do and the criminal

knows he's going to get in trouble, then you don't have to actually go to trial with every case

because he fears what's happened to the one before him and he'll plead out if he knows he's guilty.

Another example, this is from the journal spectator out of I think Wharton County.

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