A mid-May statement on the Portland Police Department s Facebook page called the incident "appalling," and said that Clark had been "removed from any and all law enforcement duties without pay."
A recently launched group that targets adults seeking sex with children already has prompted the arrest of a Maine truck driver who police said was lured by the promise of hooking up with a teenage boy and the investigation and resignation of a prominent East Hartford politician.
Howard County prosecutor warning against citizen sting operations
The Howard County Prosecutor Mark McCann says they have seen an increase in the number of what they are calling social media Vigilante groups.
Posted: Apr 8, 2021 10:41 PM
Posted By: Meredith Hackler
HOWARD COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - The Howard County Prosecutor Mark McCann says they have seen an increase in the number of what they are calling social media Vigilante groups. Several of them perform stings on what the group calls online sexual predators. The prosecutor is urging citizens not to take the law into their own hands. The Facebook page Predator Catchers Indianapolis has over 87,000 followers.
A pervert caught by self-styled paedophile hunters has escaped jail because he was humiliated enough by the vigilantes.
Mark Wolfe had thought he was meeting a young boy for sex in 2017 but in actual fact the child he had been sending explicit sex messages to was in reality an adult working for controversial group Predator Catchers NI.
Wolfe, who was 27 years old at the time, had been exchanging highly explicit and graphic texts and photos with, what he believed, was a young boy and had set up a meeting.
This week a judge told Dungannon Magistrates Court 31-year-old Wolfe, from Strabane, should thank Predator Catchers Northern Ireland for not being sent straight to jail.