The cop thought he was talking to an underage girl but it was a grown-up man using Snapchat’s gender filter.
A 20-year old student from California’s San Francisco Bay Area used the much-criticized gender-swapping filter of Snapchat to catch a 40-year old police officer.
According to Ethan, who studies in a California college, the cop namely Robert Edward Davies was looking for an underage girl to indulge in sexual activity. Ethan posed as a 16-year old girl and used the Snapchat filter to prove it to the cop that he was indeed an underage female. He used the fake name Esther while chatting with the cop.
Davies, a San Mateo Officer, interacted with Ethan via the student’s fake profile and showed interest in having sexual activity with Esther. Davies was told that Esther was a minor but despite knowing this, he continued to chat with the “girl.”
Davies was arrested on Thursday by the San Jose Police Department on the charges of chatting with a minor with the intention of committing a felony. A statement from the Police Department is available on their official Facebook page.
Ethan (left), Snapchat filter (middle) and Robert Edward Davies (right) – Screenshot credit: NBC Bay Area
Ethan claims that his urge to help cops catch sexual predators and pedophiles was a result of a recent discussion with one of his female friends who informed him how she was sexually assaulted during her childhood. He started trapping potential pedophiles after creating a fake profile as a girl on popular dati ..
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