FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio (WJW) – Newly released police body camera video is shedding light on an unusual case involving amateur detectives conducting their own undercover investigation to identify and expose pedophiles.
However, the plan by the so-called vigilantes to “catch a predator” backfired, after prosecutors concluded the case was based on a ruse and is considered entrapment.
The story began to unfold on March 23, when police in Fairview Park were called to a bar on Lorain Road after receiving a complaint that a 31-year-old man was there to meet a person that he believed was a young boy…