Cop thought he was chatting with teen girl about hooking up

The San Jose Police Department arrested Robert Davies [40-year-old] on June 6. Davies is an officer with the San Mateo Police Department. He's charged with contacting a minor to commit a felony.

Twenty-year-old Ethan, who did not reveal his last name, told police a female friend of his had been molested as a child, so he created an undercover online profile posing as a young woman named Esther to identify possible pedophiles, KNTV reported. He used Snapchat's gender swap filter to appear as a young girl. Investigators said Davies began exchanging messages on Tinder with Esther on May 11. Tinder doesn't allow minors to register, so Esther's age was listed as 19.

"I believe he messaged me, 'Are you down to have some fun tonight?' and I decided to take advantage of it," Ethan told local media. They moved the conversation to the messaging app Kik, where Ethan claimed Esther's real age was 16. Davies requested to continue chatting on Snapchat, where they again discussed Esther's age, police said. The conversation moved into engaging in sexual activities, authorities said.

source: Article 'Cop thought he was chatting with teen girl about hooking up; It was a man using Snapchat's gender swap filter' by Jordan Smith; www.whsv.com/content/news/511240642.html; WHSV; 13 June 2019