sex sting

By Justin Franz September 4, 2014

An online sting involving law enforcement agents posing as an adult woman offering a 12-year-old girl for sex nabbed at least six local men, who now face felony charges after their arrests. Two of the men, Karl Cilroy Wortley, left, and Benjamin David Emrich, appear for their arraignment at Flathead County District Court on Sept. 4, 2014. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon

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