Lawrence teacher credited with protecting kids from predator – FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Court documents credit the keen ears of a Kansas middle school teacher who overheard students’ conversations, leading to a criminal investigation. “People are snapping or taking photos. Perpetrators are actually paying kids to take pictures of themselves,” Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez said. The kids they’re targeting are young, according to case recently filed case in Kansas where a suspect contacted girls over social media who were as young as 11 and 12 years old. An investigation uncovered illicit and disturbing messages from a 43-year-old Lawrence man who was carrying on conversations with the children. Court documents detail how the man reached out to Lawrence middle schoolers using the social media app Snapchat. Those same court records also say the suspect, 43-year-old Kenneth Soap, used money transfer apps like Cashapp and Venmo to pay multiple underage girls for explicit photos It’s a situation that a listening teacher uncovered, according to court documents. The Liberty Memorial Central Middle School teacher alerted a school resource officer about an overheard conversation that happened sometime in January. According to court documents, the conversation was about Snapchat and a man with the username “djsoap” who was reaching out to four preteen
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