Fairfield Police Arrest 10 Child Predator Suspects in Undercover Sting

Fairfield Police arrested 10 men, from ages 19 to 64, as part of an undercover operation in which the men allegedly went to a Fairfield house expecting to have sex with a minor, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports that the sting, which started last Thursday and ran through the weekend, was run parallel to one conducted by former Dateline NBC journalist Chris Hansen of “To Catch a Predator” fame for a new show he is preparing called “Hansen vs. Predator.”

The men all allegedly had contact with someone they believed was either a 13-year-old boy or a 12-year-old girl via the Internet and text messages and went to the Fairfield home, which was offered to Hansen by a friend for the sting operation, according to the Post.

Five Connecticut men were arrested in the operation, including Charles E. Lawrence, 59, Plesko Place, Fairfield; Jesse Velez, 28, Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport; John M. Dupee, 40, Dover Street, Norwalk; Stephen P. Buchanan, 27, Belair Terrace, Stratford; and David N. Tiriolo, 31, East Village Road, Shelton, according to the Post.

For the full list of arrests and charges, read the story at the Connecticut Post here.