Bored American teenagers catch alleged paedophile via MySpace

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BOYS' INTERNET PRANK RESULTS IN SEX CRIME ARREST
A group of boys who posed as a 15-year-old girl for an internet prank ended up helping US police arrest a 48-year-old man who tried to meet the fictitious teenager for sex, Californian authorities said.
The five boys had created a fake profile of a girl on MySpace.com - a social networking Web site - to cheer up a friend who had recently broken up with his girlfriend.
But soon, a man began sending messages to the "girl" and their conversations began to have sexual overtones, said Fontana police Sgt. William Megenney.
The man also sent the "girl" his picture and arranged to meet her at a public park. The boys went to the park and, when the man arrived, they called police.

Michael Ramos, 48, of Fontana, California, was held yesterday for investigation of attempted lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and for an outstanding warrant, Megenney said.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

"internet prank"

― Dan (Hell Hath No Fury Like Five Teenaged Boys Scorned) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)

the boys identified the paedophile by the trail of vaseline leading to his janitor's office at the old video game arcade

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:09 (twenty years ago)

ok there are real bad scary ppl out there and all, but something about this smells like the type of entrapment that couldn't necc. be pulled off by law enforcement directly?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)

"I was just kidding. I knew it was five boys all along. .. Wait. Can we strike that?"

― Dave will do (dave225.3), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

yeah why would the kids actually SHOW UP to meet the dude

― richardk (Richard K), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

To make sure it wasn't 5 other kids pretending to be an old nonce.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

to get bummed?

x-post

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

anyway: how old are these "boys"? it doesn't say. isn't there something quite sinister about inventing a 15-year-old girl to "cheer up" their friend?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/10135000/10135141.jpg

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:48 (twenty years ago)

There's something quite 'sinister' about teenage boys.

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

i wish i'd been more sinister as a teenage boy. i was a mook.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

i'm glad they caught him, but in a way wish it HAD been five other teenage boys screwing around.

i wonder how often that sort of stuff really happens!

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

He'd have gotten away with it, too, if not for those meddling kids!

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― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

way ahead of you!

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

I really thought this was titled "something something CATCHPAEDOPHILIA VIA MYSPACE"

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

isn't there something quite sinister about inventing a 15-year-old girl to "cheer up" their friend?

I dunno, I think this could be kinda cute and harmless.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

It's being made into a very special episode of Drake and Josh with a cameo by Jamie Lynn Spears.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

This could have been ILX's alternate reality version of "So not going to happen"...

― Dave will do (dave225.3), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

pedophiles are the least of myspace's problems

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 00:08 (twenty years ago)

since when did paedophiles go for 15 year olds?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 01:26 (twenty years ago)

I love Drake and Josh! More Drake and Josh, please.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 01:30 (twenty years ago)

at least they weren't out happy slapping

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 02:18 (twenty years ago)

since when did paedophiles go for 15 year olds?

yes i thought paedophiles were attracted to prepubescents, by definition

― amateurist0, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

If thats the case why isn't the age of consent 13 then?

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 05:20 (twenty years ago)

eleven years pass...

Guy at work caught by an internet vigilante paedophile sting group

What's on your ipod

― rum dmc (darraghmac), Friday, 16 February 2018 23:40 (eight years ago)

um... do elaborate?

― kinder, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:32 (eight years ago)

That really is the detail I'm afraid

― rum dmc (darraghmac), Saturday, 17 February 2018 18:05 (eight years ago)

what was on his ipod?

― sarahell, Saturday, 17 February 2018 22:03 (eight years ago)

‘age ain’t nothing but a number’

― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 February 2018 22:06 (eight years ago)

Guy at your work, d?

― Mark G, Monday, 19 February 2018 15:30 (eight years ago)

Yep!

In another office/location a few streets away this

― rum dmc (darraghmac), Monday, 19 February 2018 15:33 (eight years ago)

tho

― rum dmc (darraghmac), Monday, 19 February 2018 15:33 (eight years ago)

"Don't Pay the Lollipopman"

― Big Ched aka The Cheesedriver (Noodle Vague), Monday, 19 February 2018 15:34 (eight years ago)

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