The FBI arrested state Sen. George Rauscher‘s chief of staff in Juneau on Friday after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Craig Scott Valdez, 36, with sex trafficking children — and investigators believe he may have targeted at least 11 other juveniles across Alaska.

According to court documents, Valdez, whose LinkedIn profile lists him as a chief of staff in the Alaska legislature for the past year, used the popular social media app Snapchat to identify, groom and entice juvenile females in Alaska for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

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