Pepperdine Law Employee Caught In Underage Predator Sting Operation
Breaking News, City, Public Safety, Uncategorized

Pepperdine Law Employee Caught In Underage Predator Sting Operation

CC UNIT, a child activist organization that catches online predators preying on minors, caught Scott Woeckel, a Senior Analyst-Instructional Systems at Pepperdine School of Law, who was attempting to meet up with what he thought was a 13 year old girl, for sex.

Scott Woeckel in the Caruso School of Law. Photo: Pepperdine Graphic

CC Unit lured Woeckel into meeting in person after communicating on an online app. Woeckel asked for custom photos of the underage girl to confirm who he was meeting. Glendale Police Department made the arrest on Saturday, August 13th.

Watch the sting operation here:

Pepperdine staff member Scott Woeckel with “Ghost” from CC Unit, an organization who catches child predators after setting up a meeting to catch Woeckel who believed he was meeting with a 13 year old girl for sex.

Pepperdine University was notified online about the incident posted by CC Unit (and others who follow his account) where the live video of Woeckel’s meet-up attempt with the minor failed and resulted in his arrest.

Pepperdine blocked CC Unit on social media but has confirmed Woeckel is on administrative leave.

August 15, 2023

About Author

malibudailynews


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Twitter
Editor in Chief, Cece Woods

Malibu Daily News Editor in Chief Cece Woods founded The Local Malibu, an activism based platform, in 2014. The publication was instrumental in the success of two ballot measures, seating three Malibu City Councilmen in 2016 and the supporting the top two vote-getters again in 2020.

During the summer of 2018, Woods exposed the law enforcement cover-up in the Malibu Creek State Park Shootings and a few short months later, provided the most comprehensive local news coverage during the Woolsey Fire attracting over 1 million hits across her social media platforms.