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Frank Sierras
Frank Sierras was convicted after the Long Beach investigation. He received three years in state prison followed by three years of probation.
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- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Long Beach, California
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl3
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- February 1, 1958
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Hair
- Black
- Eyes
- Brown
Charges & sentence
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under fourteen
Convicted5
Sentence
Three years in state prison, three years of probation, lifetime registration, and a DNA sample requirement.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationSentenced
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under fourteen
Convicted5
Sentence
Three years in state prison, three years of probation, lifetime registration, and a DNA sample requirement.4
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. No release/parole calculation from the four-fifths statement. Earlier uncaught Perverted Justice chats are distinct.
Case narrative
Sting
Sierras arrives in the afternoon. He comes with a different car, it is later revealed he rented a car to throw police off. He creepily approaches the decoy, looking around anxiously. The audio from the decoy is poor quality, but subtitles show he is suspicious, noticing the difference in hair color.
Chris Hansen then starts to approach Sierras, where he gets worried and makes a run for it, eventually being tackled to the ground by police. Sierras appears confused to what is happening as he is apprehended. Even though the men handcuffing him have badges and windbreakers that say "POLICE" on them, he still asks who they are. While being carried away by police, Chris Hansen walks with them, trying to asking Sierras questions, but he stays mostly silent, only uttering a single "No!" When police search his car, they found the MP4 player he said he was going to give to the decoy, and a speeding ticket, showing he wanted to see the decoy fast.
Sgt. Lee Debrabander stated if he had picked up the decoy, she would be powerless, as she would be away from familiar places and people, and Sierras could take her anywhere.
Trivia
Sierras is one of the very few men arrested to not get the "Long Beach Special", which only consisted of probation and community service.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Frank Sierras, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1109: Frank Sierras on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 2109: Frank Sierras on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 3Frank Sierras (community wiki)Attributed community article. Revision date describes the article update, not a court or sting event. Full infobox, narrative sections, references and assets are retained in the private archive.
- 4Frank Sierras: legal outcome (revision 16405)Three years in state prison, three years of probation, lifetime registration, and a DNA sample requirement.
- 5Frank Sierras: archived criminal-history narrativeConviction section reports attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under fourteen and three years in prison. Prior 2004 and Petaluma chat encounters are expressly uncharged or uncaught.