Citizen vigilantes posing as underage girls began exchanging online messages with a 36-year-old Los Angeles man in July. They say he made graphic sexual advances toward someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
When his pursuer finally caught up to him in a nearby business lot, the man pleaded to be left alone. “I’m sorry,” he said, weeping.Nearby patrol units had been alerted to the chase across the freeway, including one parked in a marked SUV about a block away from the lot where the men wound up, Irvine Police Lt. Bill Bingham said. They noticed the commotion, and the suspect was promptly taken into custody.
The Creep Catchers, which also calls itself the CC Unit, have posted over 160 videos to YouTube since Jan. 30, 2020. They say their page features confrontations with teachers, medical professionals, laborers, an ordained minister and other church employees. They have confronted suspected child predators throughout Southern California.
He acknowledged that the Creep Catchers conduct their investigations without the aid of law enforcement. They do notify authorities after a meeting has been arranged with one of their subjects, usually the same day it happens. They wait until they are certain their subject will show up in person to guarantee they will be taken into custody when police are summoned, Ghost said.Anaheim Police Sgt.