Sex predator terrorized Asian teens in Indianapolis

31-year-old Danny Cherry used Facebook to solicit sexual favors from minors



This is some creepy, disturbing news out of Indianapolis, where an online sex predator faces felony charges for terrorizing several teenagers -- all Asian boys -- with threats, harassment and stalking that turned into violence.

Man who harassed Indianapolis teens a rare sex predator, police say

According to police, 31-year-old Danny Cherry is accused in multiple instances of targeting young members of the Chin community, an ethnic minority from Burma with a large presence in the Indianapolis area. It began on Facebook, where Cherry befriended boys by posing as an Asian teen, then began sending sexually explicit and threatening messages and attempting to solicit sexual favors from minors.

But it didn't stop there. It escalated. In several cases, Cherry is accused of stalking and showing up at the homes of his victims. Earlier this year, he shot a boy's father in the face:

Man arrested for impersonating Indianapolis police officer

Asians behaving badly... serial police impersonator edition!

Last week in Indianapolis, a man was arrested for impersonating a cop -- in a full police uniform complete with two guns -- during the funeral procession for a fallen police officer: Police arrest impersonator during officer funeral procession.

38-year-old Minh V. Nguyen was arrested just before the procession and services for Officer Rod Bradway, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this month. Nguyen was seen at the Northwest District Headquarters wearing a police-type uniform and photographing the funeral events. An IMPD officer recognized Nguyen as a person he had warned several times before about impersonating a police officer.

And Nguyen apparently takes his cop cosplay seriously. His faux police getup included a fake badge, patches identifying himself as an officer, two firearms, a radio with shoulder microphone, two sets of handcuffs and a stun gun. Police -- real police -- also found a a rifle and a stash of other stolen IMPD items in his car.