"The three men who traveled to Menlo Park to meet up with a 13-year-old, who was really a police officer, were charged today by the District Attorney's Office, a prosecutor said. Police conducted a sting operation where an officer posed as a 13-year-old girl on WhatsApp and Badoo, a dating website, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. The officer spoke to three men, who, despite learning they were texting a minor, continued to text back, Wagstaffe said."
"Yony Sifredo Trochez-Martinez, 33, of San Jose, Jefferson Aldair Martinez Hernadez, 29, of Oakland and Arunkumar Kizhakkedath Unnikrishnan, 45, of Mountain View, all asked to meet up and sent explicit videos and photos of themselves, Wagstaffe said. Some messages included descriptions of how the men planned to interact with the girl, according to the DA. The officer arranged to meet up with the men on Gilbert Street and arrested them on Wednesday."
A police officer posed as a 13-year-old girl on WhatsApp and Badoo and conducted a sting operation in Menlo Park. Three men — Yony Sifredo Trochez-Martinez, 33, of San Jose; Jefferson Aldair Martinez Hernadez, 29, of Oakland; and Arunkumar Kizhakkedath Unnikrishnan, 45, of Mountain View — communicated with the officer and continued texting after learning the account represented a minor. All three asked to meet, sent explicit videos and photos, and described planned sexual interactions. The men arranged to meet on Gilbert Street and were arrested. Charges include attempted lewd acts with a child under 14, contacting a minor with lewd intent, and arranging to meet a minor for lewd purposes. Two pleaded innocent; one will enter a plea tomorrow. All are booked in the Redwood City jail with $10,000 bail.
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