The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that Jason Jones, 46, a Mobile man who allegedly used social media apps to lure and trick his young victims, has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

Jones was arrested as part of Operation Restore Justice , a national effort to crack down on child sexual abuse and exploitation that took place earlier this year, which resulted in 205 arrests, including at least five in Alabama, with three of those being in South Alabama .

He was initially charged with sexual exploitation of minors, coercion and enticement, distribution of child pornography, access with intent to view child pornography, and transfer of obscene material to a mino

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