Edmundo E. Da Silva of Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a Transportation Security Administration officer. He is married.
Aside from Holly Springs, Da Silva has lived in other parts of North Carolina including Raleigh. He has lived in different parts of Florida, USA including Weston and Miami.
On February 7, 2024, Da Silva turned 37. From February 22-29, 2024, detectives in Florida conducted a sting operation called Operation Child Protector V and arrested him and six other men.
While employed as a TSA screener, Da Silva responded to an ad posted online by an undercover detective and sent a social media message, expressing his desire to pay $60.00 to perform sex acts on a child. The TSA screener said he had just turned 18.
From Holly Springs, Da Silva traveled to an undercover location in Florida. He had two condoms in his pocket when he was arrested.
Da Silva was booked into the Polk County Jail in Winter Haven, Florida. He was charged with human trafficking, use of computer to solicit a guardian, travelling to meet a minor and unlawful use of a two-way communications device.
