http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/32429667/1-of-the-13-men-arrested-for-child-sex-sting-was-once-a-bus-driver-in-spokane-other-suspects-post-bail

This link has a video of the local news report with photos of each person who was arrested.

SPOKANE, Wash. - One of the 13 suspects arrested in a child abuse sex sting once worked as a school bus driver for Durham School Services in Spokane, staff confirm.

A representative of Durham said Reggie D. Oliver ended his employment with them roughly two years ago for "personal reasons."

13 Spokane area men arrested in child sex sting

Oliver is currently in the Spokane County Jail. He is charged with attempted child rape. His bond is set at $75,000.

Superior Court staff in Spokane said they could find no other felonies associated with Oliver in their system.

The undercover sting by the Washington State Patrol led to the arrest of 13 men, who are now being charged with Attempted Rape of a Child.

Arrested in the sting were:

Christopher Luman, 54, of Otis Orchards (2 counts of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Sean Stevenson, 29, of Spokane (3 counts of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape, 1 count of Commercial sɛҳuąƖ Abuse of a Minor)
Joseph Siria, 32 of Spokane ( 1 count of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Steven Hunt, 58 of Spokane Valley (1 count of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Mechel Frederick, 26 of Spokane (1 count of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Tim McManis, 51, of Spokane. (2 counts of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Sandra McManis, 47, of Spokane. (1 count of 2nd degree Sttempted Child Rape)
Robert Dahms, 50, of Post Falls. (1 count of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Jason Borseth, 36, of Metaline Falls, Washington. (1 count of Commercial Sex Abuse of a Minor; 1 count of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape; 1 count of Possession of Methamphetamine)
Reggie Oliver, 36, of Spokane. (1 count of 2nd Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Eduardo Populus, 56, of Post Falls. (2 counts of 1st Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Glenn Hampton, 47, of Spokane. (1 count of 2nd Degree Attempted Child Rape)
Thomas Bramblee, 29, of Spirit Lake, Idaho. (1 count of 2nd Degree Attempted Child Rape)

The married couple who were arrested, Tim and Sandra McManis posted bond and are out of jail. 32-year-old Joseph Siria also posted bond and is out of jail.

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Quote from: jmid

I found out today that another parishioner from IC was just arrested for child molestion.

Because you said this, I just googled it.

I have to say, I'm getting to a point I can hardly handle this story any longer, it makes it hard to breathe.

This just went nuclear.

And this is happening in a tiny little Trad Catholic town??

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jul/11/thrirteen-arrested-in-sting-targeting-child-rapist/

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Thirteen arrested in sting targeting child rapists in Spokane County


By Chad Sokol
chadso@spokesman.com
(509) 459-5047


Thirteen people have been arrested in Spokane County in a major sting operation targeting would-be child rapists.

Nine of the suspects appeared in Spokane County Superior Court Monday afternoon and four had hearings last week. Most responded to a Craigslist ad posted by detectives from the Missing and Exploited Children Task Force, a division of the Washington State Patrol. Some posted their own ads seeking sex with children.

Sgt. Carlos Rodriguez posted the ad posing as a mother of three. He claimed to have 6- and 11-year-old daughters and a 12-year-old son and said they would participate in sex acts in exchange for gifts.

“We base our personas on people we have actually come into contact with,” Rodriguez said. “There’s really only one way to say it: They’re raping children.”


More than 1,000 people responded to the ad in about 20 days, he said. When a respondent seemed intent on committing a crime, detectives continued conversations through emails, texts and phone calls. Female detectives played the voices of a mother and daughter and arranged meetings with the suspects.

“I’ve got more people trying to meet with me right now,” Rodriguez said. “If I sit here and respond to every one, I could average two arrests a day. The concerning thing is that everywhere that we’ve gone, that’s been consistent. Two a day.”

The task force has conducted similar operations in Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties in the past year. The Spokane County investigation brings the total number of sting arrests to about 40, Rodriguez said.

Public defenders, meanwhile, questioned whether the suspects would have committed crimes without coaxing from the detectives.

“The issue is who initiated it,” said Anna Timberlake, who represented three of the suspects in a hearing Monday. “Would these things be initiated were it not for undercover cops?”

Previously, the task force devoted most of its resources to custodial issues, Rodriguez said. The sting operations are a more “proactive” way to bring justice to sex offenders.

Still, he said, it’s impossible to arrest everyone who takes the bait. The two-member task force covers the whole state.

“When you think of task forces, you think of 10 or 15 people going out and getting bad guys,” he said. “Unfortunately, right now, it’s just me and my partner.”

With such little manpower of its own, the task force teamed with more than 30 other investigators from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Of the 13 suspects arrested in Spokane County, only one, Robert Dahms, of Post Falls, is a registered sex offender.

“That’s 12 other people who were trying to rape kids and we didn’t know it,” Rodriguez said.

The first two suspects were arrested July 6, and the last five were arrested Sunday. Their names, and the charges they face, are as follows:

Tim McManis, 51, of Spokane. Two counts of first-degree attempted child rape.

Sandra McManis, 47, of Spokane. Second-degree attempted child rape.

Robert Dahms, 50, of Post Falls. First-degree attempted child rape.

Jason Borseth, 36, of Metaline Falls, Washington. Commercial sex abuse of a minor; first-degree attempted child rape; possession of methamphetamine.

Sean Stevenson, 29, of Spokane. Commercial sex abuse of a minor; two counts of first-degree attempted child rape; second-degree attempted child rape.

Christopher Luman, 54, of Yakima. Two counts of first-degree attempted child rape.

Mechel Fredrick, 26, of Post Falls. First-degree attempted child rape.

Steven Hunt, 58, of Spokane. First-degree attempted child rape.

Joseph Siria, 32, of Spokane. First-degree attempted child rape.

Reggie Oliver, 36, of Spokane. Second-degree attempted child rape.

Eduardo Populus, 56, of Post Falls. Two counts of first-degree attempted child rape.

Glenn Hampton, 47, of Spokane. Second-degree attempted child rape.

Thomas Bramblee, 29, of Spirit Lake, Idaho. Second-degree attempted child rape.

In court hearings Monday, Judge Gregory Sypolt ordered the suspects held on bonds ranging from $40,000 to $100,000. Prosecutors noted previous felony convictions and said some of the suspects work or live with children.

Rodriguez said he doesn’t know if the sting will result in more arrests.

“It’s just resources,” he said. “If we had more people doing what we’re doing, it would be different.”

The task force is a unique government entity in that it can receive private donations. Rodriguez urges people to give directly to the task force or to Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit that works against child abuse internationally.

PUBLISHED: JULY 11, 2016, 11:21 A.M.

I guess that this thing in the post falls school is just tip of iceberg

Quote from: obscurus

Wait a minute, I am not seeing a connection with what happened in Post Falls and the news report. Please explain the exact connection.

"jmid" from Post Falls posted that yet ANOTHER parishioner (not Sloniker) was arrested yesterday for child molestation.

So I googled it.

Kevin Sloniker is due to be sentenced today. Perhaps he is singing like a canary and gave the police enough information to attempt to affect his sentencing, I don't know. But, whatever he told them, it caused the police to conduct a sting operation that has revealed 13 previously unknown child predators - at least one of whom is a parishioner, according to the poster jmid.

That is how they are connected.

 

mw2016, I didn't quote your previous post about it but Post Falls is not a tiny trad Catholic town. St. Mary's is a tiny, trad Catholic town but Post Falls is a small/medium-sized city in a larger populated area. Many people have migrated there from CA in the past few decades and the whole area has boomed. The parish is a drop in the bucket as far as population goes and the sting took place throughout the county.

It's very disturbing that a parishioner was caught in it, but I doubt Sloniker "sang" to make this happen. From the news reports the two investigators ran stings in other counties as well in the past year.

mw2016, I didn't quote your previous post about it but Post Falls is not a tiny trad Catholic town. St. Mary's is a tiny, trad Catholic town but Post Falls is a small/medium-sized city in a larger populated area. Many people have migrated there from CA in the past few decades and the whole area has boomed. The parish is a drop in the bucket as far as population goes and the sting took place throughout the county.

It's very disturbing that a parishioner was caught in it, but I doubt Sloniker "sang" to make this happen. From the news reports the two investigators ran stings in other counties as well in the past year.

Who knows what Sloniker told them. My point being they just "coincidentally" had a reason to conduct a sting after his arrest.

Regardless of the town's size, one child rapist in a parish is shocking enough, nevermind TWO!

Keep your eyes on the ball. The problem remains. Priests were warned by teachers, students, and parents. In all three instances, priests variously concealed, lied, and did the SSPX's typical "kill the messenger."  The priests are enablers, accomplices in heinous crimes against children... and one of those priests, Fr. Vassal, remains in place putting children at continued risk. Another priest, Fr. Crane, has been musical-chaired to Phoenix where children there remain at risk. No forthcoming admissions, no unreserved apologies, no reparations at all, no forum for parents to address their concerns, no plans at all to prevent future such problems.

The priests' crimes against our community demand our involvement in uncovering the details and our involvement in ensuring that this never happens again.

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Eduardo Populus, 56, of Post Falls. Two counts of first-degree attempted child rape.

This is as shocking as Kevin Sloniker.

The Populus Family was at ICC from almost Day One.  One of those "fine, fine, solid Catholic families" we heard so much about and who were held up to the rest of us as one to emulate.

 :rolleyes:

BTW, here is the definition of first-degree child rape in Washington state:

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First degree rape of a child occurs when there is sɛҳuąƖ intercourse (sɛҳuąƖ penetration, however slight, with an object or body part) between a minor who is 11 or younger, and a defendant who is at least two years older than the minor. This offense is a class A felony, which incurs a fine of up to $50,000, up to life in prison, or both.

So this is not some dude wanting to hook up with a very mature looking teen.

Also, for those who have not lived in Post Falls--news flash...it is a small town.  The biggest thing going on there is IC and the meth labs.  

You forgot the black tar heroin addicts.  And, you are, of course, right.  It is a small town.  Small town with tons of amoral and dysfunctional families.  

Do you know how they caught these perverts?  An undercover went on Craig's List offering her two children for sale.  A married couple responded saying their fantasy was to have sex with children.

Quote from: JezusDeKoning

99% of young men are absolutely repulsed by sodomy. I don't know where he's getting that it's NORMAL from.

When I was growing up this was true. But I don't think this is true anymore. For the last twenty five years or so the media has been pushing a relentless propoganda campaign to normalize and promote sodomy and I think it has been effective on most of the brainwashed public. Maybe thirty years actually. The first time I noticed the promotion of sodomy in the media was when I saw an episode of the sitcom "Cheers" in which the unnatural vice was promoted. Before then, I don't remember seeing sodomy discussed much and when I was young the word "gαy" was just an insult and I didn't really understand sodomy and really know what it was until I was quite old. Even when they taught us sex ed in my godless middle school, sodomy was not mentioned.

Actually, I would distinguish.

Like Abortion, I think a lot more people would be against it if they saw pictures of what it really looked like.

Talking about "everyone should love who they love" sounds great on paper -- it's feminine, sentimental, "nithe", and all the virtually castrated "men" of today are happy to jump on board.

But if they knew the exact, filthy details of what sodomites do behind closed doors, they'd lose their lunch. And they certainly wouldn't be any less repulsed by the idea of engaging in such behavior themselves.

There's a reason the gαy "scene" is invariably mixed up with drug and alcohol abuse. What they're doing to each other is not natural.

Another fundamental element to the gαy scene is promiscuity. But that stands to reason, since they can't exactly focus on "other" elements of their relationship like raising their children, now can they? So for them, it is 100% about sex.

The media has lied to us about "gαy marriage" as well. 99% of sodomites aren't interested in getting married -- at all.

But the vile media flips that completely around. 99% of gαy couples in movies and TV are presented as normal: wanting to be loved by one person, wanting to grow old with that person -- basically a male-male version of any of our wholesome Catholic marriages.

The Jєωιѕн diabolical lying media would have us believe that the only difference between a traditional Catholic holy marriage and a gαy couple is the "plumbing". What a filthy lie!