A suspected sexual predator arriving at what he thought would be a rendezvous with a minor was arrested by police officers waiting to catch him, authorities said.
Police said that Joseph V. Badaracco, 53, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the area of Rural Road and Guadalupe Road in Tempe. Badaracco’s arrest is the first in what Tempe police hope will be many resulting from the new Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC).
According to Tempe officials, the new unit’s mission will be to deter, prevent, investigate and prosecute predators who seek to exploit or engage minors in sexual activity through the use of computers and the Internet.
Badaracco is accused of attempting to lure a minor for sexual exploitation. According to police, Badaracco had several online chats with what he believed was a minor. He eventually asked for sex acts and planned to meet the supposed juvenile in Tempe.
Police said the unit investigates cases based on tips as well as initiating contact with suspects. But Tempe authorities would not specify if they initiated contact with Badaracco, or how long he was under investigation.
Badaracco was arrested on suspicion of five counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.
Great job! Congratulations to our outstanding Police department.
Good idea. Go get ‘em!
Why tell them about the ploy - keep it quite see how many more you will get if they don’t know about the sting……
Next time shoot the guy and put a weapon in his dead hands.
Cops shouldn’t be initiating contact because that is entrapment. They should be arresting people who break the law and not convincing people to break the law by lying to them.
OK - one down, hundreds of thousands to go…. take ‘em down, convict them and then put them in GENERAL POPULATION! In any case - good job Tempe PD. Its about time there was a special unit to handle the Internet Crimes Against Children, thank you!
good shoot everyone of them
Jason
Read the definition of entrapment.
I agree, lets get these perverts off the streets, but lets do it legally so the courts don’t reverse it like they love to do.
great job.. but why are you letting him out of jail.. he’s from cleveland what a jerk.. he needs to stay in jail.. if he gets out.. moms and dads in arizonia WATCH your children…