GRANTS PASS POLICE DETECTIVES ARREST SEXUAL PREDATOR

Grants Pass Police Department

On 10-19-2021 at approximately 1340 hours, Grants Pass Police Detectives arrested Boris Deleon, a 35-year-old white male, for charges of Compelling Prostitution, Coercion, and Intimidation in the first degree.

On 10-18-21, the Grants Pass Police Department received a complaint regarding a 21-year-old female receiving death threats from an unknown male subject she had met online.  The victim reported the male subject, later identified as 35-year-old Boris Deleon, had contacted her in early October 2021 to solicit her for sexual contact for a substantial amount of money.  When the victim refused to participate, Deleon made death threats to the victim and claimed to be part of the Sinaloa cartel. Deleon admitted to “catfishing” individuals online thousands of times.

The Grants Pass Police Department would like to remind citizens to practice sound judgment when communicating online. “Catfishing” is when someone poses as another person while communicating electronically.  While “catfishing” itself is not illegal, there are circumstances when the conduct can become criminal.  We encourage anyone who has been subjected to online threats to participate in sexual activity, propositions for monetary compensation for sexual contact, or threats to publicly shame another person because of sexual activity to report those activities to the Grants Pass Police Department. 

 If anyone has further information related to this investigation, please call the Grants Pass Police non-emergency number at 541-450-6260.