MMA fighter exposes Florida university student leader in suspected child predator sting
New York Post • • sports
Key Points:
- Dustin Lampros, founder of 561 Predator Catchers and an MMA fighter, used an online decoy posing as a 13-year-old boy to expose Christian Walden, 21, who allegedly planned a sexual encounter with the minor at a Home Depot in South Florida.
- Walden arranged the meeting via Grindr and was confronted and questioned by Lampros at the store before being arrested by Delray Beach Police; he faces felony charges including traveling to meet a minor for an unlawful sex act.
- At the time of his arrest, Walden was active in student government and LGBTQ+ advocacy at Florida Atlantic University, holding leadership roles in several campus organizations.
- Civilian-led operations to catch alleged child predators are legal in Florida if they do not coordinate with law enforcement beforehand or entrap suspects by encouraging illegal behavior.
- Walden is out on bond, and both Lampros and Florida Atlantic University were contacted for comment but had not responded by publication.
