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I'm torn... Man accused of posing as minor online to meet child predator, then shoots and kills himHOUSTON – A man is behind bars, accused of pretending to be a minor to meet up with a child predator under the false pretense of having sex, only to shoot and kill him.
The suspect in the case is said to have taken matters into his own hands because he didn’t believe police were doing enough to keep child predators behind bars and wanted to harm them.
22-year-old James Spencer III stood before a judge, who found probable cause to move forward with the murder charge he faces.
“You’re here for the first degree felony offense of murder,” the judge said.
The details of the allegations, bizarre, even for Victim Services Director of Houston Crime Stoppers Andy Kahan.
“This was diabolically cunning,” Kahan said. “When I look at this, I’m going ‘this is the stuff you see in movies.’”
Spencer III was arrested by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force Wednesday. Houston Police say last May, he pretended to be a minor online and pretended to want to have sex with 37-year-old Sean Connery Showers, who he believed was a child predator. When the two met up, officials say Spencer III shot Showers multiple times, leaving him dead in a ditch at 900 Northwood Street.
“This guy had to have done a lot of deep background, had to prepare for this. This was not some random spur of the moment deal,” Kahan said.
Documents show Showers did serve federal time for being in possession of child pornography and also failed to register as a sex offender. Even if Showers planned to offend again, Kahan says the killing was not justified.
“Nobody should be taking the law into their own hands. He completed his sentence, yes he didn’t register, but this is taking it way too far,” Kahan said.
Spencer III is being held in the Harris County Jail on a $250,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
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I'm not, give the guy a medal. I'd vote him not guilty. More of this is coming with the farce our bs justice system has become and I applaud it. If criminals don't fear the justice system, they need to fear the vigilantes.
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This guy should be busted out of the pen. He did society a favor. The other type of guy seems to always reoffend, as he was doing.
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I'm not torn. Let the guy go and buy him a new computer...
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So would it have ended better to let the predator go and actually meet a minor? I'd just chew his butt out and claim time served.
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Every single child predator will offend again if given the opportunity. They should all be shot.
I'm not saying vigilante justice is right, but I wouldn't convict.
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Might be difficult to seat an unbiased jury especially if potential jurors have children or grandchildren.
Hopefully this will turn out like the Gary Plauche affair in Baton Rouge did.
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I'm ok with it, carry on.
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I'm not torn. Let the guy go and buy him a new computer... ... And a fresh box of ammo.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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The man deserves a fugging medal!
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Every single child predator will offend again if given the opportunity. I believe you are correct. The problem with convicted child predators is they will kill their future victims to avoid going back to the pen. Since child predators cannot be given the death penalty it would be better for the criminal and society to give them life without parole. They absolutely cannot help themselves.
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I fail to see the problem with his actions.
The cow is where you are, the bull is where you want to be.
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Good on him needs to be more of it👍👍
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He should get 5 years.
Can't encourage vigilantism, too many stupid people out there, and we do believe in trials. With the suspect dead, it may be hard to know if they were guilty.
There are people right here on this site who believe Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and others are imposters in scooby-doo masks. They believe Obama and George Clooney were photographed with a little girl, kidnapped her, raped her, killed her, took more pictures, andbthen ate her. We cannot permit people like that to take the law into their own hands, they don't even have a handle on reality. They are the kind of people who bust in to Comet Pizza with an AR15 looking for the adrenochrome facilities in the basement. There is no basement in Comet Pizza.
So give him something like 5 years.
As to the decedent, he should not have been there, that's for sure.
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guy I worked with back in 2006, young kid, like 24, met a young girl online who said she was 14 and talked schit to her, wanted to meet her somewhere
turned out she was a actually a 35 year old cop.
Dude went to prison for it.
I can't imagine being in prison for wanting to have sex with a person that didn't exist.
Another guy I worked with 3 years ago - he pretended to be a 17 year old ( he was 49 years old) and convinced a girl who was 15 to send him nude videos. Kept them on his computer and called her , leaving messages on her voice mail.
Dad heard it and said - that' ain't no 17 year old.
He is in prison in Pennsylvania now.
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TRUMP- GABBARD 2024
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He should get 5 years.
Can't encourage vigilantism, too many stupid people out there, and we do believe in trials. With the suspect dead, it may be hard to know if they were guilty.
There are people right here on this site who believe Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and others are imposters in scooby-doo masks. They believe Obama and George Clooney were photographed with a little girl, kidnapped her, raped her, killed her, took more pictures, andbthen ate her. We cannot permit people like that to take the law into their own hands, they don't even have a handle on reality. They are the kind of people who bust in to Comet Pizza with an AR15 looking for the adrenochrome facilities in the basement. There is no basement in Comet Pizza.
So give him something like 5 years.
As to the decedent, he should not have been there, that's for sure. More proof liberalism is a mental disorder.
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without the threat of vigilantism the underworld would rule the day
I AM AMERICA!
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"Jury Nullification". Try him, and let the jury decide. Make sure most of them are geezers with lots of grandkids.
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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