OKLAHOMA CITY — “Guess who’s going to jail tonight?” Russell Goodwin sang to the camera.
The self-proclaimed child predator catcher was in Sapulpa, where he had just confronted a man afflicted with autism during a live stream to Goodwin’s social media followers.
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