Police booked 40-year-old Stanislaus County man on suspicion of three felonies, including soliciting sex acts, contacting a minor with sexual intent and distribution or exhibition of lewd material …
SANTA CRUZ — A Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk visitor was jailed Monday night as a result of a citizens’ underage sex predator sting.Police booked 40-year-old Stanislaus County man Kirill Viktorovich Neledva on suspicion of three felonies, including soliciting sex acts, contacting a minor with sexual intent and distribution or exhibition of lewd material to a minor, in addition to two misdemeanors for contacting a minor with sexual intentions and child endangerment.
Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Jon Bush confirmed Tuesday that his investigators had sat down with the Child Safety Soldiers team before arresting Neledva late Monday night. Officers followed up Tuesday with a search warrant of his home, located in the city of Ceres, according to Coyle. Bush gave Child Safety Soldiers’ staff credit for their efforts to bring the case to his department with proper research.
This week’s sting was not the first underage predator operation set in Santa Cruz. Two years ago, organizers behind the San Diego-based Creep Catching Unit set up a similar trap that ensnared Watsonville resident Valentin Rodriguez, then a 62-year-old Hartnell College instructor who believed he was meeting a 14-year-old girl at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.
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