ICE Worker Arrested in Sex Trafficking Sting
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement worker was among 16 men arrested in a Minnesota trafficking investigation that targeted individuals seemingly attempting to solicit a minor for sex, police said.
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said at a news conference on Tuesday that the three-day “Operation Creep” began on November 5 and focused on identifying people seeking to purchase sex from a 17-year-old girl.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,'” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.”
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(Bloomington Police Chief Booker) Hodges said at a press conference: “We need to make sure that we pass some laws that make it so these companies can’t continue to have these people on their platforms.”
If he was referring to the LE and civilian idiots running these stupid stings, I would wholeheartedly agree with him.
And what does anyone want to bet that these stupid stings originate on an adult-only hookup site?
Did anyone notice that president Trump used Nikki Minaj to speak at one if his conferences.
He husband is a registered Offender. Trump seems to like using PFR’S at his leisure.
Yeah, he’s gonna be more popular than an ice cream shop in June with the inmates who committed “acceptable crimes”.
Grown
Most of the time, someone who is former law enforcement is not put in general population unless they ask to be. There are exceptions and also depends on the state, the prison and sometimes even the judge.
Many of us who are accused of a sex crime could request to be put into protective custody, however, that is a lonely life to live, even in prison. I asked a guard once why I was the only person in the dorm with a sex offense because everyone was challenging me. The guard laughed and told me everyone in the dorm was there for a sex offense. I felt duped LOL
I was more afraid of the guards than I was the inmates. They (the guards) liked to play games by telling other inmates who had the worst charges and who to mess with and harass.
I can’t wait to follow this in court proceedings. Does anyone know if he is being charged federally?
While the article presents itself as well-written and ostensibly unbiased, it fails to address the modus operandi behind these sting operations — a dimension that is crucial to understanding their legitimacy. The imagery of aging officers in small cubicles, working late into the night with dubious motives, constructing self-imposed “sex traps” that border on entrapment, raises questions.
There are documented cases where such methods blur the line between law enforcement and entrapment, and incentivize vigilantism, undermining the very principles of justice they claim to uphold. Over time, laws governing sex offenses have been expanded in number and delegitimized by political maneuvering, shaped by aging legislators and bureaucrats more concerned with appearances than with coherent just policy.
Federal funding further complicates the picture. Departments receive supplemental Federal money for overtime internet operations, often conducted under false identities, fabricated ages, and deliberate deception. In such contexts, the enforcer of sexual law can easily slip into the role of its purveyor, creating a paradox that erodes public trust.
The overzealousness of these practices is evident in cases where an 18-year-old is criminalized for approaching a 17-year-old — conduct that, two decades ago, would scarcely have been considered a crime by any reasonable standard. This shift reflects not a genuine evolution of justice, but rather a distortion of it, where entrapment masquerades as enforcement and moral panic substitutes for sound legal reasoning.
@Bo
Agreed. Also, well written.
I think this is more of a “hoisted on their own petard” kind of thing. But yes, perhaps more should be said about these operations where the law or the courts have decided that something that does not require intent to actually do somehow requires intent to attempt. And most jurisdictions a lot of these sex crimes against underage victims are strict liability. All that matters is the age of the victim. So why isn’t it that way for the attempt
JoeM
If law enforcement focused more on “Real” crimes, the streets would be a much safer place. Some police departments have huge budgets for “Sting” operations to catch people by enticing them to buy drugs, meet a prostitute or an underaged person, and more.
I am not saying being pro-active is a bad thing, but where is the line crossed into entrapment? As far as sex stings where a non-real or real person is presented as underaged, how is that even legal? Who is the victim since a minor cannot be used as a decoy?
I mean I do agree that those people thought they were going to meet a minor and that is on them, but who is the victim if you meet a cop instead? Entrapment is defined as: The action of tricking someone into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution.
Bo
I am not at all advocating for dating a minor, but back in the day, things were different. My Dad was 27 when he married my 15-year-old Mother. They are still married today 64 years later.
@CherokeeJack
Agreed. When I was in highschool, I dated a girl that was 17 and when she graduated turned 18, at the time I was still 15. Should she be on the registry for life? Of course not, that’s preposterous.
Too funny, I was just logging in to post this myself and then I saw you beat me to it.
He will most likely be in protective custody as law enforcement are not usually put in population. And being a cop AND accusations of a sex offense makes it even more so that he could be targeted if left in general population.
@CherokeeJack
100% Protective Custody no doubt.