Fresno police sergeant arrested for attempted lewd act on child sent to Placer County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- 56-year-old Fresno Police Patrol Sergeant Paige McQuay was taken to the Placer County jailhouse Friday greeting by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

McQuay was arrested by his chap officers Wednesday connected charges of attempted lewd enactment connected a kid and connection with a insignificant intending to perpetrate an unlawful offense.

Authorities said the Roseville Police Department caught McQuay during a sting.

"I cognize that it was portion of an undercover decoy operation, which has go a batch much commonplace successful law-enforcement agencies. They were operating retired of Roseville, law-enforcement, and they were capable to pass with him online," said Fresno County Sheriff's Spokesman Tony Botti.

In a Facebook Post, Roseville Police said they made 19 felony arrests arsenic portion of that cognition called 'Gotta Catch 'Em All.'

McQuay's apprehension came conscionable 1 time aft a Texas antheral was indicted for the intersexual exploitation of 2 girls from Kingsburg earlier this month.

Investigators said betwixt June and July of this year, 49-year-old Thomas Lopez contacted the girls done TikTok earlier moving connection to the encrypted app called 'Justalk.'

This is different illustration of wherefore Botti says it's important to support a adjacent oculus connected your kid's phone.

"You truly person to physique a trusting relationship, cognize what's going connected successful each other's lives. So, that everyone feels comfy talking," said Botti.

He adds that the sheriff's bureau wants to assistance parents consciousness comfy with having those hard conversations.

They created a checklist for parents called 'SMART.'

"Our net crimes against children task unit oregon ITAC, they've partnered with different agencies to travel up with this model," said Botti.

Tips similar mounting up your child's device, making definite you o.k. apps and games, and restricting what your kid sees connected their telephone tin help.

"Every time that goes connected that idiosyncratic has entree to a phone, and they person impulses towards children, there's going to beryllium an opportunity. And we arsenic law-enforcement and arsenic parents request to beryllium the gatekeeper that basal successful the way," said Botti.

On Tuesday, Instagram introduced a caller diagnostic for users nether the property of 18 called "teen accounts".

Botti said this is simply a measurement successful the close absorption and hopes different societal sites travel suit.

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