Jonathan Daniel Vasquez, I'm very glad we met.

This young man hit my 12 year old profile during our sting in Riverside, California. Annnnnd Papa John's 12 year old profile. And Del Harvey's 12 year old profile. And KitKat's 12 year old profile. And Erich's 13 year old profile. And Lady Baltimore's 12 year old profile. And Almond Joy's 13 year old profile. In five days, he managed to initiate contact with seven different Perverted Justice Contributors who he believed were 12 or 13 year old girls.

His were not the most outrageously deviant of chatlogs. His perseverance and aggression directed at online solicitation of little girls who are of Junior High age, coupled with a carefully preened \"nice guy\" image, though, has made him a real favorite among those who've had the opportunity to review these chatlogs. He was a youth minister at his church, and had posted, on his MySpace profile, a number of pictures of little girls that he took while on a \"retreat\". This quote was taken directly from that profile (which is here - http://www.myspace.com/amanthattakesastandforgod):

\"I am a strong Christian and not afraid to proclaim Jesus. Jesus is my best friend. He is always there for me. He will be there for you. Christianity is the only religion that you can hang a relationship with God. I go to a Foursquare church called Florence Ave. I help out at the Junior High group and love to serve at my college group. I love JUNIOR HIGHERS because you never know what is going to come out of their mouths and they do crazy things. I have awesome parents that love me and are still married. I work at LA FITNESS. So anyone that wants to work out for free just hit me up. (espically girls).

Yeah. I'm very, very glad we met.

This sting was a defining moment in the life of Perverted Justice, as it was our first large-scale operation with law enforcement and was gorgeously documented by Dateline NBC. Investigator Madden was an absolute pleasure to deal with, and he had a very complicated case to build against Vasquez. His work and dedication are both truly appreciated. And lastly, I'll always have nothing but respect for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department for being among the first of many agencies that PeeJ will always call a friend.