Grace Palo
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Montgomery County Police Officer Christopher Dunkes, was one of seven people arrested by the Prince William County Police Departments’ Special Victim’s Bureau and Intel Unit as part of a sting operation aimed at soliciting minors.
Dunkes, 27, answered a Craigslist advertisement posted by an undercover officer who was posing as a 15-year-old girl from Prince William County, detectives said in a criminal complaint filed in Prince William court.
Dunkes has been suspended without pay, said a Montgomery police spokesman.
The week-long operation began on June 6, Prince William police said.
It was seen as a proactive operation and not started due to any specific incident.
Prince William police identified six other men arrested as Steven Castillo, 20, of Woodbridge; Jeffrey H. Dimond, 35, of Fredericksburg; Curtis M. Jenkins, 54, of Fairfax; Jordan Kolbinskie, 23, of Manassas; David Lee Mathes, 58, of Warrenton; and Chad M. Warner, 24, of Sterling.
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