{"id":389979,"date":"2026-07-08T01:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/389979\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:35:11","slug":"thirteen-arrested-in-california-online-predator-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/389979\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen arrested in California online predator sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of thirteen men attempting to contact children throughout California.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple law enforcement agencies conducted an online predator operation targeting individuals attempting to engage in illicit activities with underage children.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen men were arrested during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The locations included Turlock, Modesto, Atwater, Ceres, Fresno, Oakdale, Stockton, and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Among those arrested was a registered sex offender, highlighting the importance of proactive operations like this one to identify individuals seeking to exploit children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery arrest represents someone who intended to exploit a child. These operations are  about identifying those individuals before they have the opportunity to harm a victim. I\u2019m  incredibly proud of the work our detectives and partner agencies put into this operation  and their continued commitment to protecting children,\u201d said Captain Miguel Pacheco<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/man-arrested-after-child-pornography-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man arrested after child pornography investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of the men who were arrested:<\/p>\n<p>Alex Romero, TurlockCarlos Gonzalez, AtwaterChristopher Gheen, TurlockJordan Rogersoffield, StocktonJose Omar Carrillo, FresnoJoseph Michael Castilleja, ModestoMary Karan, TurlockNathanial Louis Gutierrez, ModestoRyan Keith Leatherman, CeresSteven Morales, MercedVincent Bernard Hinojos Jr., TurlockYoni Debeule, San Francisco<\/p>\n<p>Authorities encourage parents and guardians to talk with their children about online safety, know which apps and platforms they use, and report any suspected child exploitation to law enforcement immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of thirteen men attempting to contact children throughout California. Multiple law&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-389979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}