A Seminole man has been arrested as part of a multi-agency operation in the Midland area targeting alleged sexual predators.

Johnny Klassen Sawatzky, 23, was arrested on state charges for online solicitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, and booked into the Midland County Jail.

The investigation, led by DPS Criminal Investigations Division (CID) special agents, was an online undercover effort to identify and apprehend sexual predators participating in the online solicitation of minors.