Bikers Against Predators helps Parsons Police arrest a registered sex offender.

Tuesday, PPD responded to a request for assistance at the Parsons Library from Bikers Against Predators, a non-profit organization dedicated to exposing online predators. The request was prompted by B.A.P.'s efforts to intercept William Patrick Mansfield Jr, a registered sex offender, who had agreed to meet with a supposed thirteen-year-old. B.A.P. had created a decoy profile on the social media platform Grindr. Messages exchanged between Mansfield and the decoy revealed his intent to meet at the library to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

A video posted by B.A.P. on social media captured Mansfield stating that the interaction would be consensual, a claim that did little to disguise the illegal nature of his intentions. PPD met with B.A.P. at the scene to review the evidence they had collected. Mansfield was arrested and faces charges of electronic solicitation and a second offense violation of the Offender Registration Act for failing to disclose his social networking account.