Catfish Cops

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! This case takes me back to an August 2011 criminal investigation which began with another police agency coming to my city to conduct a knock and talk with a subject who they learned to be 31-year-old WILLIAM BARKLEY (pseudonym) . BARKLEY opened up Pandor...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! In this Episode, we visit yet another Craigslist case. On this occasion,  our suspect communicates in the usual ways, but,  when he met the officers that were there to greet him, he performed a little tap dance trying to get away. Listen in as we tell th...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! This case stems from a February 2010 criminal investigation into Online Solicitation of a Minor investigation which began inside a Yahoo Chat Room which lasted approximately 4 months while using the persona of a 13yo female child looking for “cool friend...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! This case stems from a February 2010 criminal investigation into Online Solicitation of a Minor investigation which began inside a Yahoo Chat Room which lasted approximately 4 months while using the persona of a 13yo female child looking for “cool friend...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! In this episode we discuss a 2017 case that ended in the arrest and prosecution of an offender who wanted to make a fourteen year old child his boyfriend. Tony and Brandon also discuss the trend in "vigilante groups" conducting their own online...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! This case stems from an October 2009 criminal investigation into Online Solicitation of a Minor investigation which began inside a Yahoo Chat Room.  The persona of a 14yo female child looking for “friend” resulted in being contacted by Noel Dennis (pseud...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Sometimes, there are no words except: "You can't make this stuff up!" Join us as we recount one of the most bizarrely explicit cases we've worked to-date. And as always, we urge caution, this content is not for younger audiences. THE...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Today's episode will leave you captivated by an unimaginable scenario that took place in 2010, and crossed three states before coming to a final conclusion. This story is one of our most "infamous" cases to date, and promises to captivate...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! What should every parent know if they find that their child is engaged in communications with an online stranger?  In episode 3, we talk through this type of scenario, and give the same advice to our listeners that we give to parents and guardians everyd...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! This 2016 case started on Craigslist and continued in email and text messages. The bad guy, a math teacher, was initially cautious, but groomed the "child" who happened to be one of our CatFish Cops in an undercover capacity. As you'll hea...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! This case stems from a February 2010 reactive criminal investigation into the possession and transportation of C hild S exual A buse M aterial ( CSAM ) which was discovered in the dumpster of a local church by the janitor.  To our surprise, the investiga...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! In this first episode, we will be introducing your hosts, Tony Godwin and Brandon Poor, and learning a bit about their backgrounds, which have equipped them as detectives in the field of criminal investigation, particularly as law enforcement agents who...