Times of London; emphasis added:
Despite the publicity, the internet predators continue to turn up — sometimes even after worrying out loud that their supposed target might be part of a televised sting. So far, the series has caught about 170 men. The Murphy sting lured 21 men to a large rented home over a four-day period, thinking that they were going to have sex with 13 and 14-year-old boys and girls they had met on the internet.
Neighbours noticed strangers hiding cameras in Hallowe’en scarecrows and pumpkins around the house, but did not realise what was happening until the arrests started to take place. Mark Roddy, the owner of the house, who lives in California, said that he let it through a leasing agency and had no idea that NBC had rented it.
Those arrested ranged in age from 23 to 58 and included a pension manager, photographer, engineer, waiter and a teacher with 23 years’ experience. Police are still investigating another 90 suspects identified in the sting.
One man who did not show up at the house as planned was Louis “Bill” Conradt, a long-time local prosecutor whose job included bringing sex offenders to justice. Mr Conradt, who allegedly solicited sex from a decoy posing as a 13-year-old boy online, shot himself when police turned up at his house on November 5.
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