Another one: Federal employee who did background checks for ICE arrested in Minnesota sex sting

[Sleepy Floyd]

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/federal-employee-who-did-background-checks-for-ice-arrested-in-blgoomington-sex-sting/

Federal employee who did background checks for ICE arrested in Bloomington sex sting
Kyle Brown KSTP
Updated: February 10, 2026 - 6:11 PM
Published: February 10, 2026 - 3:09 PM

30 people arrested in Bloomington sex sting
A federal employee who police say conducted background checks for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other government agencies was arrested last week in a Bloomington prostitution sting.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said Department of Defense contractor Brashad Johnson, 36, of Maple Grove, was one of 30 suspects arrested as part of an undercover operation targeting people seeking to pay for sex.

“This is the most disturbing arrest that we’ve had here,” Hodges said of Johnson during a news conference on Tuesday. “He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security and federal agencies. So when you’re getting your security clearance, this is one of the guys that does your backgrounds, which is kind of scary.”

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reached out to the Department of Defense for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Johnson’s arrest comes less than three months after an ICE agent was arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor.

Hodges said the 30 arrests as part of “Operation Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places” was a Bloomington Police Department record for a single operation. He added that undercover officers posing as sex workers spoke to a total of 330 people online.

Of the 30 men arrested last week, 28 will face gross misdemeanor charges. The remaining two were booked on felony charges because they are repeat offenders, Hodges said.

One person who spoke with the undercover officers is now under investigation for potential sex trafficking.


Previous different ICE arrest by the same agency for the same thing:

ICE employee caught in Bloomington sting charged with trying to coerce minor

A civil employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now facing a federal criminal charge for trying to coerce a minor.

kstp.com

 

[Lexx Diamond]

 

[Lexx Diamond]

Previous different ICE arrest by the same agency for the same thing:

ICE employee caught in Bloomington sting charged with trying to coerce minor

A civil employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now facing a federal criminal charge for trying to coerce a minor.

kstp.com

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[ReturnOfJudah]

Cac thought shyt was sweet.

 

[At30wecashout]

Said this before: expect in the coming years to hear a lot of stories of people being trafficked. THOUSANDS who were in Florida at that 'Aligator Alcatraz' pos are missing to this day and it closed during the summer. There are sexual predators, undoubtedly folks who always wanted to catch bodies but couldn't do so normally, and generally seedy folks using those jobs are opportunities to terrorize and get over.

The right thing would be abolition and mass imprisonment but we will see.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Saw this last night, but didn’t say anything because I think it was just regular prostitution shyt.


But definitely shouldn’t be the guy deciding if you have the morals and ethics to have a high level security clearance

Cac thought shyt was sweet.

Dude looked “ethnic”

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Saw this last night, but didn’t say anything because I think it was just regular prostitution shyt.


But definitely shouldn’t be the guy deciding if you have the morals and ethics to have a high level security clearance


Dude looked “ethnic”

Smh that's what i get for looking at the thumbnail on OP's post

 

[Lexx Diamond]

If and whenever it behooves any of you to do so. Please go to YouTube and search for "Police rape". Then let those results sink in.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

If and whenever it behooves any of you to do so. Please go to YouTube and search for "Police rape". Then let those results sink in.

 

[beenz]

party of pedophiles, incels and sex traffickers

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

Article is sensationalist bullshyt. Writer tries to link in "sex trafficking" and "soliciting sex from a minor" because the regular story is a non-story.

No one cares about adults paying for sex with other willing adults and that's all that happened here.

Saw this last night, but didn’t say anything because I think it was just regular prostitution shyt.


But definitely shouldn’t be the guy deciding if you have the morals and ethics to have a high level security clearance


Dude looked “ethnic”

It's just regular prostitution shyt. This guy isn't some high-level person who is stamping a security clearance, just a guy who interviews a few people and writes down notes on the interviews. The clearance process is formal and involves multiple steps. He's just a cog in a machine, and his willingness to pay for sex has no moral or meaningful significance on whether a person gets a security clearance or not.

Should he have one? That's up for debate. But honestly, he's some low-level clerk kind of guy and it really doesn't matter.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Article is sensationalist bullshyt. Writer tries to link in "sex trafficking" and "soliciting sex from a minor" because the regular story is a non-story.

No one cares about adults paying for sex with other willing adults and that's all that happened here.



It's just regular prostitution shyt. This guy isn't some high-level person who is stamping a security clearance, just a guy who interviews a few people and writes down notes on the interviews. The clearance process is formal and involves multiple steps. He's just a cog in a machine, and his willingness to pay for sex has no moral or meaningful significance on whether a person gets a security clearance or not.

Should he have one? That's up for debate. But honestly, he's some low-level clerk kind of guy and it really doesn't matter.

This is factually incorrect. The undercover officer explicitly stated the person was 17. He acknowledged that information multiple times and still chose to meet up.

This wasn't "regular prostitution," it was attempted solicitation/coercion of a minor. You don't get to wave that away by claiming "no one cares about consenting adults" when the entire point is that a minor can't consent.

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

This is factually incorrect. The undercover officer explicitly stated the person was 17. He acknowledged that information multiple times and still chose to meet up.

This wasn't "regular prostitution," it was attempted solicitation/coercion of a minor. You don't get to wave that away by claiming "no one cares about consenting adults" when the entire point is that a minor can't consent.

Maybe you're reading a different article. I'm talking about the background check guy.

 

[Phitz]

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/federal-employee-who-did-background-checks-for-ice-arrested-in-blgoomington-sex-sting/

Federal employee who did background checks for ICE arrested in Bloomington sex sting
Kyle Brown KSTP
Updated: February 10, 2026 - 6:11 PM
Published: February 10, 2026 - 3:09 PM

30 people arrested in Bloomington sex sting
A federal employee who police say conducted background checks for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other government agencies was arrested last week in a Bloomington prostitution sting.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said Department of Defense contractor Brashad Johnson, 36, of Maple Grove, was one of 30 suspects arrested as part of an undercover operation targeting people seeking to pay for sex.

“This is the most disturbing arrest that we’ve had here,” Hodges said of Johnson during a news conference on Tuesday. “He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security and federal agencies. So when you’re getting your security clearance, this is one of the guys that does your backgrounds, which is kind of scary.”

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reached out to the Department of Defense for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Johnson’s arrest comes less than three months after an ICE agent was arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor.

Hodges said the 30 arrests as part of “Operation Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places” was a Bloomington Police Department record for a single operation. He added that undercover officers posing as sex workers spoke to a total of 330 people online.

Of the 30 men arrested last week, 28 will face gross misdemeanor charges. The remaining two were booked on felony charges because they are repeat offenders, Hodges said.

One person who spoke with the undercover officers is now under investigation for potential sex trafficking.


Previous different ICE arrest by the same agency for the same thing:

ICE employee caught in Bloomington sting charged with trying to coerce minor

A civil employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now facing a federal criminal charge for trying to coerce a minor.

kstp.com