CHP Officer Brian Pardue Tried to Arrange Sex With Someone He Believed Was 16. He Got Probation.

 

Former CHP Officer Brian Pardue Tried to Arrange Sex With Someone He Believed Was 16. He Got Probation.

Brian Pardue was a 51-year-old California Highway Patrol officer when he was caught in an undercover operation in 2020.

A detective posed online as a 16-year-old girl named “Anna.” Pardue contacted the account and, despite being told her age, engaged in sexually explicit conversations and attempted to arrange a meeting for sex.

The meeting never happened, but investigators had preserved the communications.

In July 2023, a Kern County jury convicted Pardue of communicating with a minor for a sexual purpose and arranging to meet with a minor for a lewd act.

His sentence was two years of probation.

No prison.

He was also required to register as a sex offender.

Pardue was not communicating with an actual child, and that distinction belongs in the record.

But he believed he was talking to a 16-year-old.

He was a 51-year-old law enforcement officer.

And a jury convicted him.