SAN ANTONIO, TX - What began as a classroom lesson on tracking online predators became a real-world investigation that led to the arrest of a San Antonio man charged with online solicitation of a minor, according to the United States Secret Service.
The agency said a Secret Service investigator was teaching a class on online predator investigations when a suspect contacted the undercover account being used as part of the training. The investigator was posing online as a 14-year-old when the suspect initiated contact and continued communicating, attempting to arrange a meeting.
The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Gerardo Moreno-Alvarado. Investigators determined he was located in the San Antonio area and coordinated with local authorities to pursue the case…