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>> eun admits to one prior sexual experience in a massage parlor and goes on to add that he was hoping for something similar tonight. >> initially i wanted was massage. and then i got curious and i got curious and remember one time i got happy ending. i thought okay i could get a happy ending. >> and you wanted a minor at that, kids, man. >> i never do that kind of stuff. >> he admits he was going to buy sex for money but denies he knew it was with a minor. >> you assumed she was 18 or 19 years ...

You can understand where the sheriff of this county takes -- >> im not -- >> the buying and selling of girls and women very seriously. >> thats good job. you should do that. >> do you think he is doing a god job. >> yeah, i think so. thats an important job to do. >> samuel euns arrest is one of 22 tonight. the way ward minister is a significant catch. >> there are girls. to me, if we had not gotten anybody else but the guy that came wanting the 14-year-old, that was successful to me. >> what do ...

Days, including 12 pumps, a juvenile, and this man, a 45-year-old youth minister named samuel eun, who came looking to buy sex with a 14-year-old girl. >> what brings you to florida. >> a business trip. >> police hirono human trafficking is alive and well in the 21st century. >> its scary. and if you are naive enough to think its just here, youre wrong. we dig of the out here. >> the driving force behind sting operations like these is the polk county sheriff, grady judd. >> we wear them out. >> ...

>> evidence that the youth minister spent his afternoon in a nearby religious theme park before allegedly coming here to buy sex with a minor. police also recover $332 cash from euns pocket, more than enough to cover the $300 price for sex that he negotiated over the phone with the undercover. >> is there any doubt in your mind when you made that date that he knew she was 14 and she was a minor? >> there was not doubt in my mind. i started that conversation off that way. i said thats amy. she is...

Go online and deliberately buy a 14-year-old girl. ill asking you. >> severe punishment. >> severe? what punishment would you suggest. >> i dont know. >> eun says he is married and has two young daughters. when asked what he would do if someone were to prey on his own daughters. eun suggests -- the ultimate punishment. >> i would probably kill him. >> the girls who are giving you a happy ending, they are not doing it because they want to. they are doing it because they have to. >> grace then urg...

207, the trap will spring shut. >> thats your guy. >> i opened the door for him. and he walked in. and because everything -- all of our conversations prior to him arriving amounted to probable cause for his arrest, once he entered the room, the takedown team took him into custody without incident. >> okay. take him. go. >> have you got anything on you, any guns? >> the man in custody is 45-year-old samuel eun from the san francisco bay area. eun initially claims he works in computers. >> what br...

Child, they need to go to prison for a long time. >> the poster child is samuel eun. >> shortly after his arrest sam eun was front and center in the sheriffs press conference. to alert authorities and the public out in california where eun where eun had been working as a youth minister prior to his arrest. >> so the question is -- and we dont have the answer -- is if he was willing to have sex with a child here, was he grooming and trying to have sex with children either in his church or in his ...

And i didnt hear that that was the case. >> i her him say that she was specifically underage. >> eun claims he didnt understand the deal he was making for $300. and he says he was only browsing sex ads on back page because he wanted a massage. >> today i come back to my own hotel. and i was looking for a massage. >> the other women in the room arent buying it. >> okay. lets take this to a jury. you guys are professionals. dew do you believe this man. >> this isnt his first time. >> this is not h...

And subject them to all kinds of violence? you can understand where the sheriff of this county takes -- >> im not -- >> the buying and selling of girls and women very seriously. >> thats good job. you should do that. >> do you think he is doing a god job. >> yeah, i think so. thats an important job to do. >> samuel euns arrest is one of 22 made here tonight, but for the veteran cops like lieutenant steve ward, the wayward minister is a significant catch. >> there are girls. to me, if we had not ...

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