WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD — A self-described predator-loathing motorcyclist helped snag a West Michigan man who thought he was hooking up with an 11-year-old girl for sex at a popular suburban park, court records show.
The encounter, recorded and posted to social media by Bikers Against Predators, led to six felony charges against Donnell David Rosales. They include accosting children for immoral purposes and child sexually abusive activity.
“Our mission is to get these predators off the street,” Bikers Against Predators President Robert Bloom said in a phone interview from his home in Indiana. “We target online child predators.”
Going by the name “Boots,” Bloom said his organization has caught and exposed more than 220 online child predators, including several in Michigan. It is an established practice used here before, and one that has made law enforcement uncomfortable.
“We are not going to endorse or encourage this, but given the circumstances of this case, it had merit,” Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said.