RivCo man pleads guilty to sending sex messages to person he thought was teen boy
A 40-year-old man who sent sexually charged messages to someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy in Palm Desert pleaded guilty today to a felony charge.
Brandon Devon Bourgeois of Hemet pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of contacting a minor with intent to commit a crime, according to court records. His sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 27.
Bourgeois was arrested after a YouTube influencer group made a call for service shortly before 4 p.m. April 25 in the 72300 block of Highway 111, according to Sgt. Josh Button of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Â
"The group called dispatch to notify the department they would be confronting a man who worked in the area regarding sexually motivated communications he was having with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old boy,'' Button said in a statement. "The group live-streamed the confrontation on YouTube.''Â Â
The group was then taken to the Palm Desert sheriff's station, where they provided deputies with communications between their guise of the boy and Bourgeois, according to Button.
