How ‘Undercover Underage’ star Roo Powell busts sex predators
17.02.2022 - 03:21
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“Safe from Online Sex Abuse” (SOSA) in 2020.The organization’s work is featured in the new TV documentary series “Undercover Underage,” which debuts on Investigation Discovery on Feb. 24. It’s currently airing on the streaming service Discovery+.Cameras follow Powell and her fellow investigators as they help police bring perverts like Jones to justice.
She said that, on any given night, she could be messaging with as many as 30 ACMs (Adults Contacting Minors), and that her team has been able to identify and turn over several to authorities, including 10 on her show.“I’m not law enforcement,” Powell said. “I don’t want to do [the cops and prosecutors’] job and, once I’ve played my part, I’m hands-off.”The mom, who was previously employed in the tech space, became interested in online child safety after working on a project exposing the ubiquity of predators who groom kids on the Internet. Jones found “Alex” on Instagram — her account shows Powell posing in a blond wig and wearing trendy AirPods, sparkly makeup and glitter at the corner of her eye.
Her username was ur_wasian_baby and her bio read: “15 and lovin lifeeeee chicago” above emojis of a gaming console and some cherries.“Alex lived with her dad and her mom was kind of in and out,” Powell said, adding that she creates an individual “story” for her assumed characters. She has around a dozen in total which she retires and resurrects in rotation. “She didn’t like her stepmom and had to move to a different school.
But she was a normal teenage girl with a normal Instagram account.”Jones zeroed in on Alex by direct-messaging her on Instagram. “He started off … with: ‘You know, I’m here for you because we’re friends,’” Powell recalled. “Then it turned into: ‘Oh, and, by
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