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Father captures man who wooed his 15-year-old daughter via Facebook

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A Spokane father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands.

After hatching a Facebook ruse that drew the 30-year-old Federal Way, Wash., man to Spokane earlier this month, the father and a couple of his buddies staked out the arranged meeting spot, then blocked the man’s escape until police arrived and took him into custody.

The suspect, identified in court documents as Jason D. Richards, now faces charges in Spokane County Superior Court of child rape and attempted kidnapping. Arraignment is set for today.

The improper relationship, which began in April through a Facebook dating application called “Are You Interested,” was discovered earlier this month by the parents, court records show. Richards and the girl exchanged “hundreds” of Facebook messages and also communicated via YouTube. They met face-to-face in May and quickly made plans to elope and erase all digital traces of their connection.

Because it’s the policy of The Spokesman-Review to avoid identifying victims of sex crimes, the names of the girl and her parents are being withheld from this article.

Richards allegedly acknowledged to investigators he knew the girl was underage when he had sex with her during his May 18 trip to Spokane. He reportedly gave the girl an engagement ring, and the two had discussed her running away from home and changing her name and appearance to live with him in Western Washington.

When the girl’s parents discovered the relationship on June 7, they took their daughter’s computer and locked her out of her Facebook account. The mother then continued to message Richards, posing as her daughter, and convinced him to go through with the runaway plan that evening. When Richards arrived at the family’s south-central Spokane home in the early hours of June 8, the girl’s father and two of his friends were waiting for him in an alley behind the house. They detained Richards until police could arrive.

Richards’ bond was set at $100,000 by Superior Court Judge James Triplet last week. According to a Facebook profile that police have linked to Richards, he worked as a coffee distributor for several years after graduating from college in California.
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http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jun/19/facebook-ruse-halts-kidnap/
 
I had a 15 year old ask me to have sex with her I told her no. She did say she was 18 but I knew she wasn't. I love seeing people's faces when you say no directly to them. It is priceless and well worth it.
 
I'm surprised the Spokane police actually did something for a change. You know, besides shooting innocent citizens.
 
pcslookout said:
No she looked shocked. I was 24 at the time.
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Because of my incredibly youthful and vital facial aesthetics and high school wardrobe, my greatest fear is a 16 year old girl hitting on me. I, of course, possess the moral unwavering and self-control to say no, but she could always become spiteful and accuse me of rape, or worse, vandalize my property.
 
I'm surprised the pervert didn't "fall down some stairs" while waiting for the police. The pops and his friends had to be tempted.
 
I think the FBI was baiting me on a dating website recently, or some law enforcement agency. Girl started flirting with me, asked about hooking up, and then all of a sudden she mentioned that she really wasn't 18, she was 16. She asked me if that was ok. I thought, WTF, and said no. She almost immediately stopped talking to me.
 
akahoovy said:
I think the FBI was baiting me on a dating website recently, or some law enforcement agency. Girl started flirting with me, asked about hooking up, and then all of a sudden she mentioned that she really wasn't 18, she was 16. She asked me if that was ok. I thought, WTF, and said no. She almost immediately stopped talking to me.
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Too old?
 
kage69 said:
"They detained him. After which, they withdrew their branding irons from their trucks. After which, they built a neat, tidy fire. After which, they warmed the branding irons to near-melting temperatures. After which, they..."


lol, what no details?
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Alright, I did enough. Your turn.
 
busydude said:
The whole thing is pretty fucked up. The girl isn't entirely blameless.
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She's 100% blameless, I don't care what she said to him, he's old enough to know better. If a 15 year old girl's capable of controlling a 30 year old man. Then he deserves to get his ass beat multiple times. If you're 30 and fuck a 15 year old, death is fine by me. If you just make an attempt to meet her death's too harsh, but getting your face rearranged seems perfectly reasonable.
 
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akahoovy said:
I think the FBI was baiting me on a dating website recently, or some law enforcement agency. Girl started flirting with me, asked about hooking up, and then all of a sudden she mentioned that she really wasn't 18, she was 16. She asked me if that was ok. I thought, WTF, and said no. She almost immediately stopped talking to me.
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Sounds like it...
 
Mixolydian said:
Bullshit.
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It depends on which context, IMO. In a legal context, she is 100% blameless, because that's what the age of consent implies.

In a non-legal context, she has some responsibility for her actions, but there's a reason for the legal age of consent - 15 year olds are generally considered to be not mentally mature enough to be making such decisions yet, and if you want an example why not, look at this case. She was interested in someone twice her age, which at any age usually raises an eyebrow of an impartial observer.

randomrogue said:
They make it sound like entrapment and false imprisonment.
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Entrapment implies the guy didn't show an interest until the parents took action.
 
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Parents fault then - should've raised a daughter that didn't go trolling for thirty year old sugar daddies. And maybe should've checked her communications before she fucked him the first time 'round.

There's only one victim here, and that's the guy that got shafted for his romantic relationship.
 
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