Frank Sierras

"***Frank:** Who are you??
**Police:** We're the police.
**Frank:** Oh, ok.*"
―Unperceptive Sierras being carried away in cuffs, wondering who had cuffed him.
**Frank David Sierras** was a suspected predator involved in the Long Beach, California edition of **To Catch a Predator**. He is known for trying to meet his intended target at a park, instead of the trap house. Sierras has also had two encounters with Perverted Justice in the past.

## Biography

Frank was 48 years old at the time he began chatting with a girl named "Jessica" whom he believed to be thirteen years old, which was the same age as the girl he tried to solicit two years earlier in 2004, just before Perverted Justice was recruited by NBC and Chris Hansen. His chat log was uploaded afterwards and sent to his job at the Post Office, and while he ended up losing his job due to the exposure, he wasn't charged with a crime. Two years later, he talks with PJ again, during the Petaluma, California sting. He wanted to come but chickened out thinking it was a setup, saying he was remorseful that he didn't.

In the Long Beach investigation, he is being more careful this time. Frag explains he is still dangerous because he groomed the decoy to make her feel special and important. He lies and removes nine years from his age, saying he's 39. He offered to buy her flowers, clothes, chocolates, and even bought her a pink MP4 player. He also offered to take her to an amusement park as he was driving her home from visiting relatives in Long Beach, but also wants to spend the night with her, saying that he knows he'll tell her that he loves her as they are having sex. After talking with the decoy, Sierras sets up the meeting at a park instead of the sting house, and PJ plays along and accepts.

## Sting

Sierras arrives in the afternoon. With the park surrounded, they look for his car, because in the chat he said he was going to pull up in an SUV. 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.

## Conviction

Sierras was convicted of attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age. He got three years  in state prison, where he had the serve 4/5 of it, three years probation when he is released, submit DNA samples and register as a sex offender for life. He was released in 2009.

## Trivia

* One of the very few, if not the only man arrested to not get the "Long Beach Special", which only consisted of probation and community service.