Christopher Anthony Paul (Chesterfield Township Police Department).
Though he expressed regret and said he thought pedophiles are “disgusting,” a Michigan man is seen on police body camera footage admitting to trying to engage in sexual contact with someone he believed was a teenager.
It was actually a trap by several people who told police they were YouTubers.
When cops in Chesterfield Township asked him, defendant Christopher Anthony Paul, 37, said it was his first time trying to engage in sexual contact with a minor.
“To be honest, I don’t normally go for the younger guys,” he said. “You guys will probably disagree based off what happened, but I am honestly not a pedophile. I think those guys are disgusting. I don’t know what made me come here tonight. I just had a rough week at work.”
Police have said that said the same group had separately contacted Paul and another man, Dylan Michael Bishop, 23, while pretending to be a teenage boy, 15 going on 16. They provided officers with screenshots of the illicit conversations.
“I turn 16 in a month, but I act a lot older for my age,” the writer allegedly wrote Paul. A police officer read this message outside a Walmart on May 19, 2024. During the exchange, the officer asked Paul what he expected would happen with the minor if they met.
