Maurice Ruiz

**Maurice Ruiz** is a potential predator involved in the Riverside, California edition of **To Catch a Predator**. Shown briefly, he is best known for showing up alongside his boyfriend Gregory Diederich to the sting house for a three-way with the decoy.

## Chat

Maurice Ruiz first contacted a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a 13-year-old boy on *Gay.com* using the screen name "COACHMO", then switched to *Yahoo Instant Messenger* where he used the screen name "RknRllAnml". Right away, Ruiz asked the decoy if he had any body hair. Then, he asked as to whether he had ever had a hookup with a guy. The decoy was asked for a nude photo the next day and questioned if he had ever engaged in or experienced oral sex. Ruiz was interested in knowing the decoy's penis measurement and said he wanted to see him naked. Ruiz then referred to himself as a "gross old man" and asserted that he had never spoken to any children under the age of 16. The decoy was asked by Ruiz if he was willing to try various sex acts with a man while they were both naked. Then he proposed taking him to his house to view porn at first to see if anything came of it.

As he was chatting with the decoy, Ruiz's boyfriend, Gregory Diederich, also hit him up. Ruiz said they would have to be very careful about meeting up He then went on to discuss his previous experiences having anal and oral sex with an older man in graphic detail. Ruiz continued by describing oral sex in more graphic detail. When they both got naked together, he offered to massage the decoy's back. Afterward, he asked the decoy if he had ever had his nipples licked or nibbled on. The following day, Ruiz proposed that he and the decoy drive in his car naked. Ruiz started to groom the decoy, expressing his knowledge of how awful it was to grow up gay and experience loneliness as a young teenager. When he was ten years old, Ruiz admitted to having a hookup with an older cousin from Columbia. Additionally, he acknowledged having children from a prior marriage. Before the two set up a meeting, Ruiz sent the decoy a naked picture of himself and told the decoy he would be bringing along
Diederich.

## Arrest

Diederich and Ruiz made the decision to proceed on foot after parking their vehicle in front of the sting house. Diederich was seen approaching Del Harvey, the decoy pretending to be the teenage boy, while carrying a tray of drinks. Diederich came to a complete halt and whirled around. He indicated to Ruiz to follow suit. The Riverside cops then arrested the two.

### Aftermath

Ruiz was charged with a felony count of attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age, a felony count of attempted harmful matter sent with intent of seduction of a minor, a felony count of attempted oral copulation with a minor under 14 years of age and more than a 10 year age difference between victim and offender, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance. The court set his bail at $50,000. In 2008, Ruiz was convicted on attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age while the other three charges were dropped. He was sentenced to six months in jail, three years of probation, and was required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Ruiz and Diederich would later get married, and despite both of them being registered sex offenders, they still got to have custody over Ruiz's children.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/booking/bookingcollage.html
2. ↑ https://meganslaw.ca.gov/OffenderDisplay.aspx?searchby=offender&ID=18608211M2964&NSOPRFlag=True&x=7599271c-37bb-4291-a4f6-152b1139c8de
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=RknRllAnml
4. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2020/10/to-catch-predator-update-riverside-part.html