KENT COUNTY, Mich. —

Roblox, Discord, Yubo; these are just some of the apps raising red flags for detectives as places where adults with bad intentions go to seek out children.

“It’s pretty much all inclusive,” said Kent County Sheriff’s Detective Nicholas Looyenga.

Groomers and predators on the internet aren’t a new thing, but Looyenga says they’ve seen an increase in reports.

“This has been an issue for years, almost immediately, when Internet became a thing, when applications became a thing, but it's gotten to a point now where we see that it's such a big issue that we're getting tons of reports coming in to the sheriff's office, and it's become such an issue that I think finally, people are realizing that there's something we need to do,” he said.

They see children of all ages g

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