Ex-Webb City school worker makes court appearance for alleged child enticement
JOPLIN, Mo. — A former Webb City School Employee accused of seeking out a teenage girl for sex makes his first appearance in court.
Logan Duncan, 25, appeared before Judge Nicole Carlton this morning in a Jasper County courtroom on one count of enticement of a child.
Duncan waived his formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty. He was arrested May 2 after a sting operation by the online vigilante group, Bikers Against Predators.
The group told investigators Duncan reached out to them through the Grindr app, communicating with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Members say Duncan sent nude pictures to the account and even spoke on the phone with one of the female members of their team.
Sting with alleged predator leads to arrest of Webb City school employee
They say he then arranged to meet with the decoy outside Webb City Junior High School. The school district placed Duncan on administrative leave the same day of the confrontation and later fired him. He has since been fired from his position as a custodian.
Duncan is free on a $150,000 bond.
'We knew the severity of this case, that he is working in the schools and he is a part of the school system, that this video needed to be out,' said 'Boots', Bikers Against Predators president.
'Boots', the alias he goes by, runs the non-profit organization Bikers Against Predators, which helps take down suspected online child predators. Through popular apps, like Snapchat, Instagram, and dating apps like Grindr, the group sets up decoy profiles with the location and waits for individuals to contact them.
'We had an individual reach out to one of our accounts, and we told them that we were 13 years old, and he continued that conversation, wanting a phone call with her to see if she was real,' said 'Boots'.
That led to a meet up with Logan Duncan, 25, who Boots says wanted to meet at his job, the Webb City Junior High.
'At that time, we got to the school, we waited. We had our live decoy go out, stand outside the school. He came outside from the school and met with her in person,' said 'Boots'.
Also in the video, Duncan acknowledges he knew he was chatting with a 13-year-old.
'Making them feel comfortable and making them feel that, you know, this is not that serious. And downplaying it sometimes gets them to open up where I think these guys feel it's their last resort,' said 'Boots'.
While they disagree with the moniker of vigilante, the team does employ some of the same techniques as law enforcement.
Duncan is free on a $150,000 bond.
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