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Brent Robert Odenheimer was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing, and disseminating obscene material to a minor. 
Jeffrey Alan Churchwell was charged with soliciting a minor and disseminate obscene material to a minor. 
Matthew Ryan Ellis was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing, and disseminating obscene material to a minor. 
Blane Fitzgerald Gregory was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing. 
George Alan Kanupp was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing. 
Paul Robert Icenhour II was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing, and disseminating obscene material to a minor. 
Matthew Johnathon Morrison was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing, and disseminating obscene material to a minor. 
Michael John Seidle was charged with soliciting a minor and appearing.
LINCOLNTON, N.C. — Eight men were arrested after an undercover operation targeting child sex predators, according to WBTV.
The arrests come following a three-month operation where detectives portrayed children on social media.
Lincolnton police tell WBTV the men agreed to meet the minors to have an “unlawful sexual relationship.”
All of the men were charged with one count of soliciting a child for an unlawful sex act by a computer and appearing to meet the child.
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The men are being held in the Lincoln County Jail and more charges are possible.
