DoorDash driver among 8 arrested in Hernando County human trafficking bust: 'They're monsters'

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - Eight men are facing charges after a six-day human trafficking operation in Hernando County.

On Thursday morning, Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said undercover detectives posing as juveniles between 11 and 15 years old were either solicited or enticed by individuals online to engage in sexual conduct.

"They either did it through payment, prostitution-type stuff, or just casual encounters," he said.

The sheriff added that those who were arrested admitted that they engaged in conversations to have sexual conduct with the "minors" they believed they were communicating with online.