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Date Posted: 05:42:21 10/08/06 Sun
Author: Dave
Subject: Bay Area agencies arrest 29 sexual predator suspects in big bust

Bay Area authorities arrested 29 sexual predator suspects last weekend in Petaluma during a six-month investigation of online sex crimes against children. A majority of the suspects are from the Bay Area, and come from all walks of life.

The sting was carried out on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and involved authorities from the Petaluma Police Department, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, Sonoma County District Attorney's Office, California Bureau of Investigation and the Santa Rosa Police Department.

The agencies teamed with a volunteer organization called Perverted Justice to attract potential sexual predators. Volunteers from the organization posed as boys and girls ages 10 to 13 in Internet chat rooms. The suspects allegedly developed relationships with the "kids" and showed up at a Petaluma house last weekend thinking that the online chatters would be available for sexual activity, said Petaluma police Sgt. DJ Phimister.

Instead, the suspects were met by authorities who were staked out at a nearby house, according to a Petaluma Police Department press release.

The suspects allegedly used instant messaging services and e- mail in hopes of developing relationships with children. This type of behavior is common nationwide and often goes from benign to sexual within minutes, the press release stated.

Trained volunteers from the group Perverted Justice monitor some online chat rooms across the country and attempt to expose predators. The volunteers eventually arrange meetings, and if the potential predator shows clear sexual interest, the volunteers contact authorities. The authorities then arrest, book and interview suspects at the meeting sites.

Suspects from last weekend's bust were taken to the Sonoma County Jail and face charges of entry with the intent to commit a felony, and attempted lewd or lascivious acts involving children. Bail for each person was set at $30,000.

The investigation is continuing. The police press release listed the arrested suspects as:

Mohammed Aksoum, Walnut Creek, head clerk at Safeway

Michael Vestal, Vallejo, Johnson Control technician

Wai Kit Cheuk, San Francisco, PG&E telemarketer

Bing Lian, Sunnyvale, software worker

Jonathan Stemen, North Highlands, unemployed

Norberto Avalos, Stockton, construction worker

Juan Gutierrez, Gilroy, car salesman

Euguenio Peres, Fremont, unknown

Steven Cartlidge, Santa Rosa, warehouse worker

James Traylor, Corte Madera, unemployed

Anurag Tiwari, Sunnyvale, Sun Microsystems engineer

Gopichand Pai, Sunnyvale, software engineer

Maurice Wolin, Piedmont, physician

Aminder Singh, San Jose, driver

Valkunth Soundararajan, Sunnyvale, programmer

Jaswinder Cheema, San Jose, Bose Corp. manager

Jaime Mendieta, Williams, unknown

Pulkit Mathur, Sunnyvale, unknown

Manuel Uson, Hayward, plant supervisor

Yancy Wallace, San Diego, Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant

Jefferey Couture, San Francisco, unknown

Joseph Roisman, Watsonville, unknown

Ernesto Linayao, Stockton, unknown

Henry Guzman, San Francisco, unknown

Shaka Kahn, Hayward, unknown

Andrew Jordan, Visalia, unknown

Chandrashekhar Nonna, Oakland, Strategic Staffing Solutions engineer

Fernando Bernal, Fresno, Fresno college computer technician

Thinh Ly, Santa Rosa, Sunshine Health salesperson

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