Cop Pretends to be Teenage Girl & Catches Pedophile, Say Police
A Chicago man's sex chats with someone he thought was a 14-year-old Naperville girl turned out to really be with a cop, so he went to jail, police said.
A Chicago man who thought he was preying on a 14-year-old Naperville girl got the surprise of his life when he found out he'd actually been sex-talking and exposing himself to a cop, police said. Mark Barreto, 34, of 300 N. Canal St. was jailed Wednesday on charges of aggravated child pornography, regular child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, and grooming. "The Bolingbrook Police Department, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the FBI were instrumental in conducting the investigation and securing the arrest," according to a release from the Will County State's Attorney's Office. Barreto allegedly transferred digital images of child pornography over the Internet. His online creepiness also included discussing "acts of …
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Dragonfly
9:08 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
Shana Rowan are you for real? Do you have some kind of sick love of sex offenders? Anyone who preys on a child is a predator and that can not be 'loved' or "punished" or "Counseled" out of them. I am GLAD to know that officers are out there catching these sickos and I know it is not an easy job to be on the front lines of witnessing these abhorrent behaviors. THANK YOU PATCH for keeping us … more ›