Teen Posing As 6th Grader Arrested For Child Pornography

[Anthony]

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A 17-year-old boy who posed as a 12-year-old so he could allegedly access kids at school, has been arrested on child pornography charges.
A 28-year-old man, who allegedly pretended to be the boy's father, and maybe lured him into the deception was also arrested, authorities say.
Ricardo Javid Lugo, 17, was arrested along with Randy Ray Wesson, 28.
Wesson is accused of forging documents to get Lugo enrolled as a sixth grader at Hurst Hills Elementary School, in Texas.
School officials say during the process, the suspects provided a birth certificate, immunization records, and proof of residency.
The two suspects allegedly planned to recruit potential victims from the school for both of them.
According to the arrest affidavit, the 28-year-old also admitted to sexually abusing over 100 children. It states, "Wesson also admitted to sexually abusing over 100 children between the ages of 7-14 years of age. He identified 12 victims by name."
Wesson confessed to having 42,000 child pornography images stored on his computer and various media storage devices, according to the arrest affidavit.
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Police were notified about the alleged incident by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and raided the home the two shared earlier this week.
During a search of the property they seized what officers described as a "large amount of evidence of child pornography and exploitation of children."
Documents also say police found images of "children at school, dated August 25 through 26, 2014." It also says a video on Lugo's cell phone dated August 31, 2014, shows Lugo spanking a child who appeared in a previous photograph taken at school.
In another video, Lugo told Wesson that he saw one child's genitals and "talks about telling other kids not to tell, and having to follow them home to see where they live," the affidavit said.
Investigators say they don't know if any of the seized pornography included children from the school Lugo attended.
Parents of students said they were "shocked" to hear that an alleged child pornographer had been at the same school.
"I don't understand how the documents could have been forged to the point where, ya know, no one in the school could figure it out. Obviously, I'm shocked," said Danny Scott.
The Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District released a statement, saying it was cooperating with police in the investigation.
"Hurst Hills staff followed all procedures regarding enrollment when the student was enrolled in August," the school stated.
"There was no indication the records were forged or he was too old to attend elementary school.
The student's behavior at school also did not raise any concerns," it added.
Wesson is facing charges of possession with intent to promote child pornography, sale/display of harmful material and tampering with a governmental record.
Lugo is facing charges of possession of child pornography.
Lugo's bond has been set at $250,000. Wesson's was set at $3 million.

 

[SF13]

That kind of situation is messed up beyond belief. There is enough crap in the world without predators trying to lure and bait kids at skill by infiltration.

 

[Allison2021]

EVIL!
I can hardly think clearly. One could never imagine a crime like this.
Where were the adults? His sideburns are so long that generally 6th grader boys do not have long sideburns.
I hope that one of the children told somebody.

 

[pattycake]

"There was no indication the records were forged or he was too old to attend elementary school."

Oh really? He doesn't look 12, so how they gonna say there was no indication? And if that's the case then how did they find them out? A simple raising of the consciousness would prevent such violations from occurring. That boy doesn't look 12 and that alone should have set off an investigation. The school just went by documents that looked legit alone. They followed formalities by documents alone.

Okay, people need to wake up and stop sleepwalking.

 

[caparica007]

I agree, he doesn't look 12 at all, but either cases it's amazing how these guys come up with these schemes!

 

[Gelsemium]

Some see it as disease, others as a business, the main issue here for me is, are our kids safe?

 

[pattycake]

I agree, he doesn't look 12 at all, but either cases it's amazing how these guys come up with these schemes!

It's not really amazing at all. A jungle exist because of schemes people come up with. So a jungle isn't a place for sleeping. The world is a place for awareness. Safety doesn't come from a desire for integrity, it comes from awareness because a scheme can't get over on somebody whose aware and wake.

 

[pattycake]

Some see it as disease, others as a business, the main issue here for me is, are our kids safe?

That depends.

Children who are taught how to protect themselves are safe and those who are not are not safe. Look at what a school system just allowed. A 17 year old boy to pass as a 12 year old, so the school system doesn't protect itself and the children in their care are not safe unless those children are taught to protect themselves. So a child's safety depends on how a child is raised.

If a child is taught self defense then that child will tell their mother or father if they were violated by someone and the child that wasn't taught will keep it quiet in fear that they'll get in trouble for saying anything about it. You see the difference?

 

[Gelsemium]

That's exactly how I feel patty and I always make the effort to talk to my kids daily, we need to be aware of their world to avoid these situations.

 

[Peninha]

I agree, some parents have a distance from their kids, but it's really important to be a part of their day to day to detect these situations.

 

[dolittle94]

That depends.

Children who are taught how to protect themselves are safe and those who are not are not safe. Look at what a school system just allowed. A 17 year old boy to pass as a 12 year old, so the school system doesn't protect itself and the children in their care are not safe unless those children are taught to protect themselves. So a child's safety depends on how a child is raised.

If a child is taught self defense then that child will tell their mother or father if they were violated by someone and the child that wasn't taught will keep it quiet in fear that they'll get in trouble for saying anything about it. You see the difference?

I see what you're saying. It is true that the main crime being committed is that parents aren't teaching their kids these important lessons that they can't really learn at school. It needs to come from mom and dad and explained in a way that they understand.

 

[Strykstar]

What a couple of sick perverts, I can't imagine what will happen to them when they go to jail...
The school should have caught it sooner though, a teenager can't pass for a 6th grader that easily...

 

[caparica007]

I think it's pretty easy to imagine what's going to happen, when they are going to jail people are not going to like them.

 

[mimsee]

While I understand that a lot of kids look older than their age, there is no way that the school could've actually believed that the teenager was 12-years-old. I think the youngest he could pass for is 15 or so. The fact that they were able to pull off the hoax for long enough for the teen to have access to the children is absolutely sickening. It's sad when you can't even keep your kids safe in their SCHOOL.

 

[SamClemensMT]

That kind of situation is messed up beyond belief. There is enough crap in the world without predators trying to lure and bait kids at skill by infiltration.

Actually this sort of thing has been going on for decades if not genaration. It brings to mind the Anglina Jolie film "Changeling", which was based on a true story. Set in the late 1920's in Los Angeles, the film relives the horror of a predator who was roaming the countryside with a young boy. The boy was his bait to lure would be victims. And it worked well until they caught him. Check out the film if you haven't seen it.

 

[GemmaRowlands]

This is shocking. I expect the teenager in question didn't realise just how bad it was until it was too late and he had been caught. The problem is that many people feel that they're not hurting anybody by looking at photos, because you're not the one to physically cause the harm, but by looking at the photos you're making it so that the people who are taking them still have a job that is worth doing, so you're fuelling the industry.

 

[SamClemensMT]

There must be a name for the syndrome you're describing. People will observe something that they can't quite get their mind around and dismiss it, because they reason that the wildest thing in their imagination can't possibly be true. But sometimes it is true. You're right somebody should have picked up that something was wrong.