Independent Investigators Net Hundreds of Child Predator Suspects, Resulting in Arrests, Convictions Across US

“Our mission is to take as many pedophiles off the street and away from children as possible,” said 23-year-old Alex Rosen, founder of Predator Poachers.

Former college football player Alex Rosen (R), the "Predator Poacher", confronts an elementary school teacher about his alleged sex crimes against children at the school where he works. The teacher is now under investigation by police. [Courtesy of Alex Rosen]

Over the past three years, Predator Poachers, a Texas-based group founded in 2020 by now-23-year-old Alex Rosen aimed at preventing child sexual abuse, has identified approximately 500 online child predators, resulting in nearly 300 arrests in 43 states.

Many cases are still pending, and there have been convictions in more than half of the country—including a decades-long prison sentence for a former Virginia firefighter announced on Sept. 20 by the Department of Justice.