Tag:
Vigilantism
Lower Paxton, PA
News
Vigilante Livestream Nets Conviction Of Lower Paxton Child Predator: Affidavit
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to arranging to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex during a vigilante sting in Lancaster County, officials announced Monday, Oct. 20. John Robert Tasevoli, 44, of Lower Paxton, was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Sept. 25 to criminal attempt of statutory sexual assault, criminal solicitation of statutory sexual assault, criminal attempt of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 16 years of age, criminal solicitation of photographs or film of child sex acts, c…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Street
Justice
: NJ Vigilante Posing As Child Lures Sexual Predators Into Livestreamed Arrests
For nearly a year now a vigilante has been prowling the streets of North Jersey targeting child predators. All are drawn to public meeting places by what appears to be an underage boy or girl. They're in for a surprise, though: It's actually a Hudson County native who calls himself XK. "I'm not here to hurt you," XK tells those who show up, recording every second of the encounter on his GoPro. "I just want to have a civilized conversation with you." Ten minutes or so in, XK asks the target if he likes ice pops. "I like firecracker ice pops. That's my favorite," he tells them. That's th…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
News
Man Admits To Firing Shots Into Hudson Valley Home After He Was Assaulted
A 22-year-old man has admitted he fired shots into an occupied Hudson Valley home. Christopher Sicina, of Port Jervis, pleaded guilty on Monday, April 11, to one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of first-degree reckless endangerment, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, May 16. The Port Jervis Police Department responded to a report of shots fired on Hammond Street at about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, according to the announcement. Investigators found that shots were fired into a house, na…
Englewood, NJ
News
TO
Catch
A
Predator
: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14
A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. WARNING: The video contains profanity and descriptions of sexual situations. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the auth…
Englewood, NJ
News
Caught
ON
Video
: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl
A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the authenticity of the "To Catch a Predator"-styled sting, which they said was brought…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Video
: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral
A YouTube video made by a man who said he posed as an underage girl to arrange a meeting with an online predator at a Jersey Shore pizzeria has gone viral. It also brought a warning from a top law enforcement official about playing vigilante. ****** UPDATE: Detectives arrested a 33-year-old Jersey Shore man on luring and attempted sexual assault charges after a YouTube creator lured him into a meeting by posing as a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ocean/police-fire/prosecutor-authorities-nab-accused-jersey-shore-child-predator-snared-by-youtuber/78431…
