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'Predator catchers' lead to 17 child luring arrests in Atlantic City


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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.

YouTuber Cameron Decker aka MrWEB thanked local police and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office for working so well with them.

The arrests included men from the city, as well as those from New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama.

Those charged are:

  1. Steven Wentzel, 51, Williston, N.Y.
  2. Andrew Rheinheimer, 41, Absecon
  3. Delbin Martinez, 28, Atlantic City.
  4. Bruce Cahan, 77, Atlantic City.
  5. Sidney Yee, 67, Atlantic City.
  6. Alex Damian, 37, Stamford, Conn.
  7. Christopher Sharpe, 23, Sweet Water, Ala.
  8. Henri Pacheco-Medina, 24, Atlantic City.
  9. Juwin Jumpp, 26, Vestal, N.Y.
  10. Jonathan Shillingford Coll, 28, Avondale, Penn.
  11. Diego Delossantos, 27, Atlantic City.
  12. Joseph Donofrio, 31, Yonkers, N.Y.
  13. Nareshan Reddy, 34, Vero Beach, Fla.
  14. Gerald Colapinto, 65, of Yardley, Penn.
  15. Johnny Puma, 54, Lexington, S.C.
  16. Colby Jones, 26, Galloway Township.
  17. Avraham Holtzberg, 48, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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.

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