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riversedge

(81,524 posts)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:35 PM Feb 2026

WOW. Police in Bloomington, MN: one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting wa

whow beyond whow



Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."






WOW. Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a *background checker for ICE agents.*

He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.


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WOW. Police in Bloomington, MN: one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting wa (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2026 OP
No way..... human refuse is working with/for ICE? I don't believe you.... Moostache Feb 2026 #1
Yeah MustLoveBeagles Feb 2026 #18
Given the Trump administration, the surprise is he isn't in the cabinet EdmondDantes_ Feb 2026 #28
In this regime that's a prime qualification. Gaugamela Feb 2026 #2
Sounds like... 2naSalit Feb 2026 #3
Is there a bounty on taking underage immigrant children? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #24
The Biden administration found many children that Trump disappeared in his first term. Lonestarblue Feb 2026 #49
Organ trafficking suegeo Feb 2026 #54
Most people are not aware KT2000 Feb 2026 #59
Hundreds, or more that were just "disappeared" popsdenver Feb 2026 #55
also.... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #25
I think it's a... 2naSalit Feb 2026 #29
I have been on board since 2001. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #31
Well cheer up... 2naSalit Feb 2026 #32
I'm holding my breath until I get 20 more hearts.....starting now. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #35
LOL buzzycrumbhunger Feb 2026 #42
The bottom line BCH.... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #43
Virtual hearts count! buzzycrumbhunger Feb 2026 #44
"Backatcha" is the proper term, I learned this in 8th grade English. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #45
Ain't that the goddamn truth! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2026 #48
Irving you one for paying your dues. :) lostnfound Feb 2026 #50
Trump's admin must be paying him well - TBF Feb 2026 #4
Maybe that's a tactic we can use for the next invasion. Qutzupalotl Feb 2026 #5
Lock. Him. Up. SheltieLover Feb 2026 #6
Birds of a feather, the company you keep, yada yada. RockRaven Feb 2026 #7
#NotADragQueen irisblue Feb 2026 #8
Well, well, well. orangecrush Feb 2026 #9
The younger you can get them, the higher your pay and clearance. Scalded Nun Feb 2026 #10
Ice and pedophiles angrychair Feb 2026 #11
I remember when we had security in the United States. Emile Feb 2026 #12
Find them all. Lock them up. Toss the key into the deep, dark sea vanessa_ca Feb 2026 #13
You can't make this shit up. Pisces Feb 2026 #14
the USA is being run by a sex trafficking organization TalenaGor Feb 2026 #15
The sex crime ring is still operational. FalloutShelter Feb 2026 #53
Pedos working for a pedo. Shocking. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2026 #16
So what has been happening to all Figarosmom Feb 2026 #17
Is ANYONE surprised by ANY of this? Warpy Feb 2026 #19
Nope...that's what degenerate fascists do. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #26
Very competent Trump Gub'mnt! Exp Feb 2026 #20
Well of course he is! liberalla Feb 2026 #21
This was ForgedCrank Feb 2026 #22
Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting cbabe Feb 2026 #30
No, that ForgedCrank Feb 2026 #33
Added link to current arrest. That's what I was referring to. cbabe Feb 2026 #34
I edited ForgedCrank Feb 2026 #36
Yes, dates are good for verifying. Cheers. cbabe Feb 2026 #39
I found ForgedCrank Feb 2026 #23
That makes me feel better. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2026 #37
Only the best people. Ocelot II Feb 2026 #27
I definitely never anything about 45's family separations MagickMuffin Feb 2026 #38
That explains a lot mcar Feb 2026 #40
It's a criminal organization from top to bottom. GoodRaisin Feb 2026 #41
What a surprise! 'No one could ever have predicted this', unless they had Jack Valentino Feb 2026 #46
Disgusting, but not surprising. 'Be Best'. Joinfortmill Feb 2026 #47
Holy Cow. Great vetting ICE. Nanjeanne Feb 2026 #51
So he fits right in with Trump's Epstein crowd ... nt Jarqui Feb 2026 #52
Given who's running ICE, he was probably hired for that very reason dlk Feb 2026 #56
ICE is criminal scum. dalton99a Feb 2026 #57
Has anyone found information on when he was first contracted to feds? pat_k Feb 2026 #58
Only the best people: rapists, thugs, murderers. Martin68 Feb 2026 #60
ICE is the lowest of the low. Joinfortmill Feb 2026 #61
A result of electing the lowest-common denominator to office Torchlight Feb 2026 #62
A doozie Lulu KC Feb 2026 #63
I had Noooo idea how prevelant child predation was until the last 20 years. I knew their was some, but not widespread. Evolve Dammit Feb 2026 #64

OAITW r.2.0

(32,563 posts)
24. Is there a bounty on taking underage immigrant children?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:44 PM
Feb 2026

And "losing" them in the system? Would not shock me when you consider the current WH occupant.

Lonestarblue

(13,560 posts)
49. The Biden administration found many children that Trump disappeared in his first term.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:55 AM
Feb 2026

They were unable to locate several hundred others, who could have been sex trafficked, sold into bondage to work for free, or given up for secret adoptions to people who would not qualify for legal adoptions. I hope that many of that number are just quietly living with relatives, but the evil of Trump and Miller makes it quite believable that these children suffered heinous acts at their orders.

suegeo

(3,139 posts)
54. Organ trafficking
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:57 AM
Feb 2026

They were doing that under Ronnie Raygun. Al Gore sponsored a law that you have to approve if you want to be an organ donor.

What are they doing with that brain-thing the Nazi Elon is "developing"

popsdenver

(2,613 posts)
55. Hundreds, or more that were just "disappeared"
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:05 PM
Feb 2026

that were probably just sold for who knows what...........

2naSalit

(103,806 posts)
29. I think it's a...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:50 PM
Feb 2026

Cumulative thing, every year there are more of them. Not sure how that happens.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,152 posts)
42. LOL
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:33 PM
Feb 2026

I’ve been here since 2008, and I think I have two. Does that make you feel better?

Always surprised and touched by the ones I get. Just wish I could return the favour, but poverty sucks. *sigh*

OAITW r.2.0

(32,563 posts)
43. The bottom line BCH....
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:40 PM
Feb 2026

is....you commented on my comment. If I bothered to get hearts*, I'd have given you one.




* As EarlG would surely attest, I'm paying my dues.

TBF

(37,145 posts)
4. Trump's admin must be paying him well -
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:49 PM
Feb 2026

Maple Grove is considered a pretty upscale suburb.

Qutzupalotl

(15,854 posts)
5. Maybe that's a tactic we can use for the next invasion.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:52 PM
Feb 2026

Set up pedo stings. They can't resist.

vanessa_ca

(947 posts)
13. Find them all. Lock them up. Toss the key into the deep, dark sea
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 07:30 PM
Feb 2026

and let their names and memories be erased.

Figarosmom

(13,322 posts)
17. So what has been happening to all
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:11 PM
Feb 2026

The kids ICE has nabbed? Maybe he was branching out to use the kidnapped women too. Who knows? Maybe they were using the ICE facilities as their houses of I'll repute.

Warpy

(114,662 posts)
19. Is ANYONE surprised by ANY of this?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:31 PM
Feb 2026

I know I'm not, right wing power brokers at any level all seem to have major sexual loose screws, and no, I'm no, I'm not talking about orientation. Sadism of various types and an utter disregard for the concept of adult consent seem to be big components of the loose screws I'm talking about.

That guy, if convicted, should never be allowed around other people unsupervised.

ForgedCrank

(3,120 posts)
22. This was
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:02 PM
Feb 2026

cut off at the end. Is there a link to the actual charges somewhere? All I got from this video is that he was arrested for what I gather would be soliciting, that is, trying to hire a prostitute.
Bad enough, but I heard nothing about children.
Also, when googling, I see the arrest of someone with the same name in New Orleans 2 months ago with child sex related charges.
Does someone have a like to the actual arrest and charges? Because I smell a rat with this twitter post

cbabe

(6,812 posts)
30. Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:50 PM
Feb 2026
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/11/18/twin-cities-ice-employee-among-16-arrested-in-child-sex-trafficking-sting

Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting

Matt Sepic
Minneapolis
November 18, 2025 6:30 PM

A Twin Cities-based employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is among 16 men arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor following a sting operation by police in suburban Minneapolis.

Alexander Steven Back, 41, is among four people charged so far with trying to pay a 17-year-old girl for sex. Back could also face federal charges, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Authorities said that they’ve submitted evidence against the other 12 men to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for possible charges.

According to the criminal complaint filed Friday in Hennepin County, Back, of Robbinsdale, responded to a fake online advertisement “offering prostitution services.”

…not this one … more … also meth possession…

This one:

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-minneapolis-2675257484/

'Disturbing': ICE's own background check investigator busted in sex sting
Erik De La Garza
February 10, 2026 8:08PM ET

A federal contractor who conducted background checks for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other government agencies was arrested last week during a prostitution sting in a suburb about 10 miles south of downtown Minneapolis.

… more …

(ICE has a problem)

(Plus who’s doing their background checks?)

ForgedCrank

(3,120 posts)
33. No, that
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:01 PM
Feb 2026

is yet another one, even older from 2025. At least I think so.
This is the one I'm referring to: https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-man-accused-of-kidnapping-human-trafficking/69948240

Edit:
Ok I think I see the score now. This is from last year. It is just now spreading around on twitter etc, making it seem like it happened today. Adding to the confusion is a guy with the same name arrested in NO a couple months back on charges related to a minor. This twitter video is incomplete. So it appears this is real, it just happened 4 months ago There is so much lying bullshit being spread around, I'm on high alert. My mistake

ForgedCrank

(3,120 posts)
36. I edited
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:09 PM
Feb 2026

my post to reflect. I see where I went wrong now. The twitter video is old, but it just now is being spread around leading me to get it mixed up with the other case with the same name. They really should date this crap if they post it on twitter without links like that

ForgedCrank

(3,120 posts)
23. I found
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:44 PM
Feb 2026

the links. This twitter post is misleading and false information. There are no child sex charges, not even remotely related.
Yes, he was arrested. He caught misdemeanor charge of soliciting along with ~30 other people in some sort of bust targeting prostitution. That is, trying to pay a prostitute for sex. There are no children involved.
We really need to look into these things before we spread them around. I'm no fan of these guys to say the least, but accusing someone of child sex crimes with no charges or evidence is low brow, and we are better than that. The Minnesota House DLP needs to take down that post ASAP.
There is another man who was arrested 2 months ago in a completely different state with the same name who was charged with child sex crimes, but all of the articles are clearly labelled and dated. I picked up the discrepancy immediately, so I question whether this was an honest mistake as well. We need to do better

OAITW r.2.0

(32,563 posts)
37. That makes me feel better.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:10 PM
Feb 2026

At least he isn't a peado. But he is a john. I'd really like some data on all ICE "soldiers"/employees: and see what their collective records look like.

MagickMuffin

(18,362 posts)
38. I definitely never anything about 45's family separations
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:11 PM
Feb 2026


I don’t even know if they kept tract of such things as identification.

They’re just sex slaves. I do remember some pics from during 45’s first run of things.


GoodRaisin

(11,056 posts)
41. It's a criminal organization from top to bottom.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:23 PM
Feb 2026

Get rid of it, fire them all, and start over.

Jack Valentino

(5,244 posts)
46. What a surprise! 'No one could ever have predicted this', unless they had
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:19 PM
Feb 2026

about two brain cells to rub together !!!


dlk

(13,339 posts)
56. Given who's running ICE, he was probably hired for that very reason
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:32 PM
Feb 2026

The most sick and twisted administration in our history.

pat_k

(13,837 posts)
58. Has anyone found information on when he was first contracted to feds?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:56 PM
Feb 2026

Last edited Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:42 PM - Edit history (1)

I can't find this and would be very interested to know.

Torchlight

(7,043 posts)
62. A result of electing the lowest-common denominator to office
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 04:49 PM
Feb 2026

and allowing his immigration policy to reward rafts of sealions landing on the beaches.

Evolve Dammit

(21,815 posts)
64. I had Noooo idea how prevelant child predation was until the last 20 years. I knew their was some, but not widespread.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:16 PM
Feb 2026

I recall some in the 60's and 70's for sure, but largely isolated incidents. Of course, the database technology and instant media communication was not there either. And the isolated incidents may have been the tip of the iceburg?

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