Joshua Threlkeld – A MySpace predator named Joshua Threlkeld, pics and video below, lured over a hundred underage girls into sending him racy photos by pretending to be a 14-year old girl with a modeling agent friend named Josh.
Police say Joshua Threlkeld lured two young California girls to his Orange County home, supposedly to take pictures for Model 508 Studios, and later had sex with one of the underage girls in exchange for money.
Police with a cyber crimes unit were alerted after the mother of one of the girls found out about the meeting.
The Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team checked the suspect’s MySpace site, Model-508 Studios, and determined it was an online solicitation site for nude modeling work, apparently geared toward girls between 13 and 17 years of age.
According to police, Threlkeld was successful in getting many girls to send him graphic, revealing poses of themselves with at least 100 victims throughout California, Canada and the United Kingdom, based on computer forensic evidence uncovered in raid on the suspect’s home.
The girls were asked if they wanted to pose for photos with a man named “Josh” who ran a modeling agency called “Model-508 Studio,” according to sheriff’s officials. The two girls were picked up in Moreno Valley and driven to Orange County where the man photographed them. One of the girls was asked to pose during a second photo shoot in Palm Springs. Officials say that’s when the man had sex with the girl.
“When she became despondent because she wouldn’t be paid for modeling, Threlkeld offered her money for sex,” sheriff’s Detective Matthew Weinstein wrote in the declaration in support of an arrest warrant.
“Desperate to get money because her mother was on welfare and … behind on rent,” the girl agreed and got into a shower with the defendant, where she gave him oral sex and allowed him to do the same, as well as another sex act, the detective alleged.
The girl was allegedly paid $120 and taken home, Weinstein said.
Court documents say that authorities were alerted after a friend of one of the girls learned about the alleged incidents and told her own mother, who contacted that girl’s mother, who then called police.
According to police spokesman David Guitierrez, investigators were able to track down Threlkeld using MySpace because of his unique neck tattoos.
Joshua Threlkeld is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of kidnapping to commit rape; aggravated sexual assault of a minor by force; penetration by force, violence, duress, menace or fear; communicating with a minor with the intent to commit a specified offense; and arranging a meeting with a minor.
More charges in connection with additional alleged victims, plus child pornography charges, may be forthcoming, authorities indicated.
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And that’s the latest news on MySpace predator Joshua Threlkeld.
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May 14th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Who would’ve thought that teenage girls would do that kind of thing on MySpace…lol!
May 24th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
LIFE IN PRISON? Thats b.s. HES A SEXUAL PREDATOR.. HE DIDNT KILL ANYONE..
OH YEAH IF YOU GOT THE $ ANYTHING IS LEGAL…
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
This is my friend.. I am not sure what he did on his own time And I am not defending what they say he did all I am saying Is that He was a great friend and Never NEVER EVER AT ALL WAS ANYTHING LIKE WHAT THIS IS SAYING! I BEEN FRIEND WITH HIM FOR OVER 4 years!!!
December 6th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Good blog. I will bookmark and grab your feed.