A 35-year-old father of four from Culver had always been a fan of the online group Bikers Against Predators prior to getting involved with exposing the criminal activity of adults found trying to meet minors online through apps and various chat rooms in the area. Going by the name 'Big Country,' after discovering messages from a grown man to his 13 year old daughter in 2022, however, things got more personal for and he decided to act.
It wasn't long before Big Country would reach out to the organization about how he could get involved. Since 'Bikers Against Predators' started in 2021, the organization has caught hundreds of predators from Indiana and other states who target underage minors online. Never directly messaging the predators first, nor enticing inappropriate conversation, the organization's sting operations work hand-and-hand with law enforcement to push for charges from the information the team has collected on the individual.
Big Country felt empowered to do something himself and soon created his own team for the area with a burn phone, fake accounts and a decoy. On November 27, working alongside Bikers Against Predators , Big Country Predator Exposure ended up with a first-time arrest of an individual who had been preying on what he thought was a 13-year-old girl in Plymouth.
The undercover decoy, an adult friend of Big Country, also helps in making the identity of the 'child' being preyed upon seem more realistic to the predator.
Big Country said that despite how much his sting operation team grows, he still feels that what he is doing is helping keep the community a little safer.
As time goes on, Big Country hopes to grow the Big County P.E. team, and the number of catches they make in the area.
A live video of each person being exposed by Big County Predator Exposure is put on the Big Country P.E. Facebook page during each sting that you can watch for yourself. By following their Facebook page you can get follow-up information posted by Big Country's team, and see any arrests made after the exposure.
