[Eva]

You have to ask yourself who initiated the sting operation and who may have had Ritter's FBI report.

[not-an-ostrich]

I wonder what was with the verbal warning on the first sweep. Do you think it was because he was a, oh I hate to say VIP or celebrity, person known by international media? I think the most telling clue to his "pattern of behavior" is that he was caught again three months later.