An Indianapolis man will serve 16 years for a child sexual trafficking charge stemming from an undercover operation.

Deon Dwayne McClendon, 52, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for promotion of child sexual trafficking, a Level 3 felony. Johnson Superior Court 3 Judge Douglas Cummins ordered the maximum sentence for a Level 3 felony, and McClendon will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of this conviction, according to a Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office news release.

McClendon was one of 22 men arrested as part of a three-day undercover child solicitation operation conducted in September 2024 by members of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Franklin, Edinburgh and Greenfield police departments. The 22 people arrested came from as far as Pendleton, Spencer

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