Reymundo Anguiano

**Reymundo Christobal Anguiano**  is a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia sting.

## Sting and arrest

On July 22, 2006, Reymundo, 24 years old, started a chat with a decoy who he thought was a 14 year old girl. He indicated to the decoy he wanted to meet for sex. The same day, Reymundo drove several hours in order to meet with the decoy at a sting house. When he arrived, the decoy welcomed him and invited him into the house for sweet tea. When Reymundo entered the house, Chris Hansen walked from an inner room. He asked Reymundo to take a seat. Chris began interviewing Reymundo, asking him about what he was going to do with the decoy and about the picture he sent of his penis.

Reymundo admitted that he brought a condom with him and that he had seen NBC. He thought he was going to be "processed." Chris reveals that he is with Dateline NBC and told Reymundo that he was free to leave the house. Cameramen surrounded Reymundo, which makes him leave. He is then arrested by Lieutenant Sven Armbrust, an officer who was with the Harris County Sheriff's Office and taken into custody.

## Behind the scenes

Reymundo was charged with two felony counts: criminal attempt to commit child molestation and criminal attempt to commit enticing a child for indecent purposes. Instead of taking a plea deal, he went to trial instead. Reymundo's defense attorney chastised Perverted Justice, Dateline, and the contributor who posed as the teen girl. He called Perverted Justice "media-prostitutes" and "sleazy". He then referred to the contributor as a "vigilante", and stated that their motive was because of being paid by Perverted Justice. Reymundo testified that the penis pictures he sent the decoy wasn't his. He claims he had used someone else's pictures because their penis was bigger than his. He stated he had those pictures saved on his hard disk. Despite battling in trial and dragging his case out for a year and a half, it took a jury only 22 minutes to find him guilty on both charges. A judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison with a minimum of 7 years to serve. He was also sentenced to 15 years of probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender.

In 2011, Reymundo filed an appeal to suppress his interview with Chris. Reymundo contended that the court suggested in ruling that his pre-arrest statement was made voluntarily in a non-custodial setting and thus admissible in evidence despite the fact that he had not been given prior Miranda warnings. Armbrust testified that Del Harvey was not a "law enforcement person." According to his testimony, no officers were visible to Reymundo when he arrived at the house; Reymundo had no contact with the officers until after he exited the house. He also stated that the police had no prior agreement with Chris. They had no idea whether Chris would interview Reymundo at all, if an interview would take place, or what questions Chris would ask. The trial court accepted Armbrust's testimony and determined that, in conducting the disputed interview, Chris was not acting as an agent of the police; that Reymundo was not in custody at the time of the interview; and, as a result, no prior Miranda warning was required and the and the statements were admissible.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-court-of-appeals/1590027.html
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=Truesweetguy69
3. ↑ https://www.wtvm.com/story/7167721/albany-man-arrested-in-child-sex-sting-found-guilty/
4. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2020/12/to-catch-predator-update-fortson-part.html