Atlantic City police arrested 17 men within about two weeks thanks to two YouTubers who run channels that catch those looking to meet minors for sex.
Cameron Decker MrWEB and Shafiq Blake Predator Catchers PA started their visit July 16. They met up with 17 men in Atlantic City. Those men allegedly were looking to meet up a minor but it was just a decoy account.
Instead, the YouTubers would confront the men on camera, and then police would show up.
Using screenshots of conversations and detailed information from the YouTubers, the men were taken into custody, charged with luring/enticing a child by various means.
Following an investigation by detectives of the Criminal Investigations Section, each individual was arrested and criminally charged.
The arrests included men from the city, as well as those from New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama.
Those charged are:
All but Yee were arrested and taken to the Atlantic County Justice Facility. Yee was issued a summons. It was not immediately clear why that was the case.
Delbin, Martinez, Cahan, Damian and Jumpp remain jailed. The others have since been released with their charges still pending.