SACRAMENTO -
Police are investigating a Craigslist ad for sex, believed to be written by a 12-year-old boy.
It reads: Hi. "I'm 12 and I need sexual help. I wanna be experienced when I get to high school. Don't email me. Just call..."
Fox 40 called the number, and a recording answered, instructing callers to leave a message.
"Sometimes, there's just not enough information to take immediate action. And it's frustrating. We don't know the jurisdiction, we don't know the location of the where this is coming from. And we don't even know if this is a real posting," said Sacramento police Ofc. Konrad Von Schoech
But police said they handled it as if it were for real.
"They tried to do a reverse look up, to see if we could find within our records, a subscriber, an owner for that number," Schoech said.
It came back to a Metro PCS cell number - a service which is paid for in advance. Finding out who is behind a number isn't that simple. Cops said they have to have a good reason.
"Basically life or death circumstances. And then follow it up with a warrant. That's very difficult and time-consuming to do," Schoech said.
Time-consuming, but dispatchers didn't stop there when a caller reported the disturbing post.
"Forward it to our internet child predator task force so they can follow up on the information," Schoech said.
"I think it's more someone portraying to be a child, to try and lure other people in," said Cima Hunter, a concerned citizen.
And one of the reasons why police will continue to check into this.
"I have a teenager, I think I would contact police. It's sad," said concerned mother Yvonne Contreras.
It reads: Hi. "I'm 12 and I need sexual help. I wanna be experienced when I get to high school. Don't email me. Just call..."
Fox 40 called the number, and a recording answered, instructing callers to leave a message.
"Sometimes, there's just not enough information to take immediate action. And it's frustrating. We don't know the jurisdiction, we don't know the location of the where this is coming from. And we don't even know if this is a real posting," said Sacramento police Ofc. Konrad Von Schoech
But police said they handled it as if it were for real.
"They tried to do a reverse look up, to see if we could find within our records, a subscriber, an owner for that number," Schoech said.
It came back to a Metro PCS cell number - a service which is paid for in advance. Finding out who is behind a number isn't that simple. Cops said they have to have a good reason.
"Basically life or death circumstances. And then follow it up with a warrant. That's very difficult and time-consuming to do," Schoech said.
Time-consuming, but dispatchers didn't stop there when a caller reported the disturbing post.
"Forward it to our internet child predator task force so they can follow up on the information," Schoech said.
"I think it's more someone portraying to be a child, to try and lure other people in," said Cima Hunter, a concerned citizen.
And one of the reasons why police will continue to check into this.
"I have a teenager, I think I would contact police. It's sad," said concerned mother Yvonne Contreras.
