Crime & Safety
Convicted Rapist Caught in Fountain Valley Sex Sting
Troy William Shellenbaum faces one count each of luring a child with the intent to commit a sex crime.
SANTA ANA, CA -- Felony charges were filed Tuesday against a 32-year- old convicted sex offender who allegedly contacted an undercover Fountain Valley police officer posing as a teenage girl, with the intent of committing a sex crime.
Troy William Shellenbaum faces one count each of luring a child with the intent to commit a sex crime and arranging to meet a minor for lewd purposes with a prior sex offense conviction.
Shellenbaum is accused of contacting the undercover officer, who was posing as a 15-year-old girl, through social media last Friday, according to Rebecca Moss Fakhartousi of the Orange County District Attorney's Office. When Shellenbaum showed up at a park in the city to meet the fictitious girl, he was arrested, she said.
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Shellenbaum pleaded guilty to rape on Oct. 23, 2006, and was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty March 11, 2016, to failing to register as a sex offender and was sentenced to two years in prison, but the sentence was suspended and he was given credit for serving 204 days in custody, according to court records.
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