A youth pastor and foster parent were arrested in Florida earlier this month and face a slew of charges following a human trafficking investigation.
were arrested for human trafficking after allegedly soliciting minors for sexual activity on social media, according to officials.
The sheriff's office said its human trafficking team launched an investigation after a mother reported finding disturbing content on her 16-year-old's phone.Moises Escoto, a 36-year-old youth pastor, and Joel Lutz, a 38-year-old registered foster parent, were arrested in connection with a human trafficking investigation.
Escoto was also secretly meeting with the victim and engaging in sexual acts, investigators said. He was a youth pastor at Iglesia de Cristo Misionera Mahanaim Church. He was arrested on Feb. 9. During the investigation, deputies found that Lutz had engaged in sexual acts with a minor he also found on the Sniffies app in exchange for money. Lutz was arrested on Feb. 15 at his job at Outback Steakhouse.
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