Second online child predator busted in Utah this week; Victim's parent's speak out

warning to parents tonight after a second online Predator is behind bars in Utah for praying on children his Target here a fourth grade girl this latest arrest comes just days after police caught up with another man here in the state who had taken a 10-year-old from her home in California new specialist Debbie worthin joins us live Debbie the parents who spoke to KSL one to get their message out yeah that's right Mike and deie they say the Pennsylvania man who was accused of grooming their daugh

ter knew exactly what he was doing and according to court documents she's not the only alleged victim after months of working with police they tracked him down it's a disturbing Trend that's becoming much more common and investigators say those predators are becoming more aggressive than ever if he would have been local or was really really desperate he would have come here Alyssa and Sheldon Williams still have a hard time believing what's happened since last summer my wife had her you know got

instinct to like hey let's get the Poli involved their daughter had been sucked into a predator's web they called police the case started in July of 2023 Kent goodr is the chief of police in North Park a small community in Northern cash County two mothers uh reported that their daughters or their had received um a solicitation for some nude pictures detectives got to work and eventually caught up to 31-year-old Daniel Roy chromer Jr a former firefighter in Pennsylvania detectives there searched

his home where they found hundreds of images of child pornography and evidence pointing to other victims even a toddler unfortunately it's not just a one-time conversation Michelle Bush upwall works with the internet crimes against children task force she says parents need to be vigilant you'll see a change in the personality you'll see kids pulling away from their family and friends kind of being reclusive um grades going down Chief goodish says the Williams relationship with their daughter an

d their gut instinct something was wrong helped them put a dangerous Man Behind Bars when request came in those solicitation for nudes came in uh the children were able to go to their parents and and ask him for help Alyssa urges other parents to know what their kids are looking at and talking to online I feel like a lot of parents were so focused on just trying to be friends with their kids and you know we got to keep our kids safe now iak has a lot of resources for parents and for kids they ev

en offer trainings to community members kids parents caregivers to know what red flags to look for online we have a link to those resources on our website ksltv.com I'll send it back to you seems like all parents out there all families could use some of that training Debbie thank you right