Posted on 10/24/2006 10:09:41 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
RIVERSIDE - A Norwalk man snared last January during a "Dateline NBC" Internet predator sting in Mira Loma has been sentenced to three years in state prison.
Hoi "Eddie" Chan, 29, pleaded guilty June 23 to one count of attempted child molestation and was sentenced on Friday.
That brings to eight the number of men who have entered pleas in the high-profile case that was televised nationally earlier this year.
Five men, including Chan, have been sentenced.
Defendants Corey Ahia, 26, of Fontana; Jonathan Daniel Vasquez, 21, of Chino and Miguel Angel Sosa, 35, of Perris, are all awaiting sentencing.
Fifty-one men -- including a high school math teacher and a Homeland Security agent -- were lured to the decoy home on Jan. 6, 7 and 8 by the prospect of sex with underage girls or boys they had met and chatted with in Internet chat rooms and social networking sites.
In actuality, the men were engaged in conversations with volunteers from the Web site "Perverted-Justice.com."
When they arrived, they were interviewed on camera by "Dateline" reporter Chris Hansen and then arrested by Riverside County sheriff's deputies.
Corona resident Walter Edward Babst, 44, taught mathematics at Bonita High School in La Verne. He resigned his position in February 2006.
Babst has entered a plea of not guilty to one count of attempted child molestation. His next court date is Nov. 3.
Bellflower resident Michael James Burks, 31, a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, is due to go on trial on Nov. 29. He has entered a plea of not guilty to one count of attempted child molestation.
Defendant Michael Seibert, 26, of Anaheim, was arrested on a similar charge in Long Beach on Sept. 9. He is being held at Los Angeles County Jail. Bail has been set at $1.1 million.
Seibert has entered pleas of not guilty n the Riverside and Los Angeles cases.
A bench warrant has been issued for Hung Paek, 33, of Los Angeles, who missed an April court date.
The cases of the rest of the men are moving through the justice system.
It was pretty gross to see this show.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
I don't know which is worse, an grown middle aged man being gullible enough to actually be picked up by this old sting style. Or a grown middle aged man actually thinking that a teenager would want to have sex with a grown middle aged man. (Even the 26 year old falls into this catagory)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
>>>No one forces these people at gun point to go get themselves arrested. You can't use the "entrapment" defense like you can with conventional stings. You can opt out any time and decide not to go through with it. But if you do, you can be convicted just for INTENT to solicit. >>>
Yep, and these people deserve to be behind bars.
In their minds,
all females are very sexual....the younger the more sexual...
and these females are driven by the need to have sex.....even as young as 4....even with old frightening geezers....
It's the "Uber Young Hot Chick Nympho" myth (partially thanks to porn)
Inside these guys heads is a very scary place.
Actually it would. The sheer mechanics of killing someone and disposing of the body is quite alot of work. Such things can take many hours out of your day, making you miss your normal bedtime.
Er, not that I would know anything about that.....
I've seen that program, there was one guy who got naked, and chasing a cat around of all things.
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