Former Red Sox Pitcher Austin Maddox Arrested in ‘Child Predator Operation’

Michael Ivins/Boston Red Sox via GettyA former Major League Baseball player was arrested in Florida as part of what authorities described as a “child predator operation.”Austin Maddox, a pitcher who briefly played for the Boston Red Sox in 2017, was among 27 people who were taken into custody in a multi-agency underage sex sting last month, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said Monday. Maddox “traveled with the intent of engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old child,” Waters said at a new