

And a wide range in age from 19 years old to 65. Our latest investigation of Internet predators reveals the most ethnically diverse group of men we have seen so far. When it comes to occupations, the high school teacher is far from the only one whose profession will shock you. Usually, the men like to get very specific about what they want to do sexually.Īnd as you’ll see these potential predators come from all walks of life and all age groups. His chat, along with all of the other chats sent to our decoys, gets too graphic and disgusting to show. And as you’ll read below, on an excerpt of the chat log, he’s making plans for sex with the girl whose profile says she’s 12. He’s “kinky_man_in_corona.” He says he’s 40 and shows “bubblebeth” a picture of a penis on his profile.


There was no mistaking this is a child.Ī man who has seen her picture and her age wastes no time before talking dirty. One decoy, screenamed “bubblebeth2005” has a picture in her profile of a “Dateline” staffer taken when she was 12. Typically, a chat will begin with each person typing in their age, sex, and location. In a matter of seconds, men start chatting with the undercover decoys. The Perverted-Justice decoys tell the adults they are home alone and sometimes they say they are interested in sex, a few pretend they are eager to meet. They’re waiting to be hit on by adults looking for sex. Some are on Web sites like and Teenspot, social networking Web sites. And they’ve set up profiles of 12- and 13-year-olds, which include photos and other personal information. Volunteers from Perverted-Justice, experts at pretending to be kids online, are in all types of chat rooms-from local area chats to rooms setup for sexual preferences. The cuffs will go on potential predators because Perverted-Justice has already turned over important evidence to detectives-chat logs filled with sexually graphic material, men planning sex acts with a 12 or 13-year-old. The detectives will watch as men enter our house and then wait for Frag’s signal. The sergeant and his men, staked out in a mobile home parked in the driveway next door, are ready and waiting for suspects to show up at the house in an attempt to molest a child. Bianco: We were in telephone contact and two-way radio contact with Perverted-Justice and they would let us know when someone was getting close. Chad Bianco and a Perverted-Justice volunteer screenname “Frag” devised a plan.

Chad Bianco, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department: We were approached by Perverted-Justice to do this large sting and they told us that “Dateline” would be following along. But this time Perverted-Justice volunteers wanted to get law enforcement involved, so before our investigation began, they contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. As we have in the past, we enlisted the help of volunteers from Perverted-Justice, a watchdog group that regularly catches online predators by posing as kids online.
