Redwood City Man Busted in Online Child Predator Sting

A 31-year-old guy from Redwood City just got nabbed in the big undercover sting on online

child predators.

Menlo Park cops teamed up with Sunnyvale, Newark Departments, and a regional Intel

Center for this multi-day operation that wrapped up Thursday.

They posed as kids on social media to smoke out creeps, looking to exploit minors.

The suspect hit up an undercover officer pretending to be underage, got explicit real quick,

sent nasty picks, and set up a meet in Menlo Park.

He showed up at the spot and boom right into cuffs.

This bus shines a light on how predators lurk online every day, praying on kids who might

not see the danger.

Parents, it's on you to watch those screens close, and talk to your little ones about

stranger danger in chats.

He's spacing heavy charges like trying lute acts on a kid under 14, hitting up a minor

for sex crimes, and planning dirty meets.

Books straight into San Mateo County jail.

Are they vigilant out there, folks?

Report that shady online vibes at cops or the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 186-56

Hope.

And keep the next generation safe.

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