Moment disgusting perv is nabbed by San Francisco cops in vile child sex chatroom sting

Nypost · Aug 06, 2026 · 464 words · By Titus Wu

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Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google A perverted California man allegedly traveled to the home of a minor he was supposed to meet up with — only to be nabbed by police officers during a wild takedown caught on camera.

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The suspect was one of five arrested after a three-day undercover sting targeting people suspected of attempting to meet children online for sexual activity, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The suspect was one of five arrested after a three-day undercover sting targeting people suspected of attempting to meet children online for sexual activity, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the San Francisco Sheriff's Office conducted a three-day undercover sting resulting in five arrests for attempting to meet children online for sexual activity.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California's county jails function like county jails throughout the United States: they are used to incarcerate people pre-trial, through a trial and sentencing, and for some sentences of commitment. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_county_jail…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City and County of San Francisco Sheriff's Office, commonly known as the San Francisco Sheriff's Office (SFSO), is the sheriff's office for the City and County of San Francisco. The current sherif…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Sheriff's_Office

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vicki Hennessy was the sheriff of San Francisco and the city's first female sheriff. She was appointed interim sheriff by Mayor Ed Lee pending an ethics investigation of the elected sheriff, Ross Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Hennessy

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Claim 2: “The men remain in custody pending trial.”

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No evidence was found regarding the current custody status of the five suspects.

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Claim 3: “The suspects allegedly contacted children through social media platforms before attempting to arrange meetings.”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses other unrelated cases (NJ, Telegram) or general social media dating site usage, but does not specifically corroborate that the suspects in the SF sting used social media platforms.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shootings early Monday that left one man dead and sent two others to a local hospital had a common thread; all of the victims “used a “social-media dating site to arrange a meeting,” police said Monda…
https://www.kwtx.com/2020/08/17/local-police-respond-to-3-sh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Officials say the suspects used social media and chat apps to arrange to have sex with boys and girls. But instead of minors, officials say the suspects were communicating with police officers posing …
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/19-accused-of-trying-to-lure-min…

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web search NEUTRAL — Police say the suspects used a fake profile posing as a 21-year-old woman to arrange meetings in Be’er Yaakov, where victims were threatened, assaulted and robbed.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skvsafouwe

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Claim 4: “One of the alleged sickos was Reuben Teague, 50, a powerful California real estate investor.”

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Two independent web search results explicitly identify Reuben Teague, 50, as a real estate investor arrested in the San Francisco sting.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California Book Awards are annual literary awards given to California Writers and Publishers since 1931. The event is sponsored by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California. The California Boo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Casa Soberanes is a historic adobe residence located in downtown Monterey, California. Designated California Historical Landmark No. 712, it is also included along Monterey's "Path of History," a walk…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is known for his cartoons depicting complicated gadgets …
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Claim 5: “All five defendants have pled not guilty to the felony charges, according to authorities.”

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One source (KTVU FOX 2) mentions Reuben Teague pleaded not guilty, but there is no evidence provided that all five defendants have pled not guilty. The other 'ALL' search results are dictionary definitions.

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web search NEUTRAL — All means ‘every one’, ‘the complete number or amount’ or ‘the whole’. We use it most often as a determiner. We can use a countable noun or an uncountable noun after it: … When all refers to a whole c…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/all

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of ALL is the whole amount, quantity, or extent of. How to use all in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of All.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all

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web search NEUTRAL — Evidence for the role of the environment is seen in childhood ALL among twins, where only 10–15% of both genetically identical twins get ALL. Since they have the same genes, different environmental ex…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_lymphoblastic_leukemia

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Claim 6: “Jorge Nieto, 27, of San Francisco; Michael Pauter, 43, of San Mateo; Jhonny Rodriguez Diaz, 37, of Redwood City; and Romuald Santiago, 32, of Daly City, were also arrested in the sting operation.”

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The names, ages, and locations of Jorge Nieto, Michael Pauter, Jhonny Rodriguez Diaz, and Romuald Santiago are confirmed by both a cross-reference (Nypost) and web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rodolfo Nieto Labastida (July 13, 1936 in Oaxaca – June 24, 1985 in Mexico City) was a Mexican painter of the Oaxacan School (apprenticed under Diego Rivera, later served him as an assistant).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Nieto

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enrique Peña Nieto (Spanish pronunciation: [enˈrike ˈpeɲa ˈnjeto] ; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who served as the 64th pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Peña_Nieto

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges ( BOR-hess; Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges

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Claim 7: “The operation sought to capture suspects through undercover officers who posed as children or the children’s pimps.”

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While the sting operation itself is corroborated, the specific detail about officers posing as 'children or the children's pimps' is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the general nature of the sting is confirmed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a sheriff is a county's chief officer for law enforcement and peace keeping. More than 95% of sheriffs nationwide are elected by the citizens of their respective counties. A sher…
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Claim 8: “Authorities said that after online conversations, the suspects arranged in-person meetings and were directed to a San Francisco home, where deputies arrested them upon arrival.”

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The evidence confirms a sting operation and arrests, but the specific detail about suspects being directed to a 'San Francisco home' for arrest is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chinatown, centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and is one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia. It is also t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Driver: San Francisco is a 2011 action-adventure driving video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth main installment in the Driver series, following Driver: …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver:_San_Francisco

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the City and County of San Francisco, as well as San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County. In 2000,…
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Claim 9: “The suspects face felony counts of meeting a minor for lewd purposes and misdemeanor counts of arranging such a meeting.”

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Multiple sources confirm the suspects face felony counts of meeting a minor for lewd purposes and misdemeanor counts of arranging such meetings.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jorge Nieto, 27, of San Francisco; Michael Pauter, 43, of San Mateo; Romuald Santiago, 32, of Daly City; and Reuben Teague, 50, of San Francisco each face two felony counts of meeting a minor for lewd…
https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/05/san-francisco-child-predat…

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web search NEUTRAL — The suspects in the case were arrested on misdemeanor charges — setting a meeting to exploit children — and felony charges for actually showing up.3. He is charged with one misdemeanor count of arrang…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sf-sheriffs-office-st…

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web search NEUTRAL — Teague was arraigned Monday on two felony counts of meeting a minor for lewd purposes, two misdemeanor counts of arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes and one misdemeanor count of resisti…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/bigwig-sf-real-estate-i…

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