Undercover sex sting now leads to 7 arrests

Detectives use cellphone app to pose as 15-year-old boy

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – An undercover sting involving men soliciting sex from underage boys on the Internet has now led to the arrest of seven suspects.

Broward Sheriff's Office detectives said they used a cellphone app named "Jackd" to pose as a 15-year-old boy in each instance.

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Detectives said the men arranged to meet the teen, but they were arrested upon arriving at the meeting location.

The men were charged with traveling to meet a minor and soliciting a child using the Internet.