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Sometimes when you're chatting with the 13-year-old girl who replied to your ad for a mom/daughter team to have sex with, you're actually chatting with a law enforcement officer. Such was the case with 21-year-old Shaw Bruce Warrington, who was busted through the efforts of an investigator with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the OC Register.
Warrington had been emailing with who he thought was a teen girl, who actually was an ICE investigator. In the ad, say officials, Warrington posted: "I really don't mind what age ...young or under age is cool like high school and below."
The ad caught the attention of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who tipped off ICE.
The suspect arranged with the would-be victim to meet her and her mom at a Starbucks in San Juan Capistrano. Warrington drove to the meeting in a white van that had a mattress in the back, and a condom in his pocket. Instead of a Frappucino and some kinky van action, Warrington got arrested.
"The investigation revealed Warrington posted about 25 ads on Craigslist,10 of which targeted underage females for sex," according to Jim Amormino, an Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman.
