A Woodward County jailer was arrested after an undercover sting operation caught him sending explicit messages and videos to someone he believed was a teenage girl.

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office conducted the decoy sting by posing as minors on popular social media apps like Snapchat, Kik, and Roblox. The predator took the bait quickly, leading investigators to 56-year-old Francis Vandermey, a detention officer in Woodward County.

“We’re constantly working cases,” said Major Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office. “There’s not a time that we’re not working these cases.”

The sheriff’s office runs these decoy stings every other month to lure in child predators. However, this latest operation uncovered someone within law enforcement itself.

“It’s heartbreaking for law

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