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Lake County, Florida child sex crime sting results in 26 arrests

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By Stephanie Kolp

Tavares, FL (WESH/CNN) - A child sex crime sting led to 26 arrests in Florida.

Down to the ground the suspects went, one after another. Twenty-six men in all.

Deputies say they came looking for sex with a 13-year-old girl. Once inside they didn't stand a chance.

It's hard to tell what one guy is saying, but the word sorry is in there somewhere.

Lake County detectives had posed as a child in various internet chat rooms and eventually told the suspects where to show up.

And show up they did; all to a vacant house in Tavares.

Almost all of them came with condoms. Some came with drugs, some with alcohol.

According to investigators, 28-year-old Jeremy Irizarry brought a gun.

Eric Christensian, 25, is a sergeant in the Air National guard.

John Hawke, 42, drove all the way from Georgia.

Most of the men have bonded out of jail.

WESH-TV went looking for some of them, but none answered the door.

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