Overview
- Carnicom, 32, was taken into custody in Clay County last week after investigators reviewed videos of his recorded confrontations.
- Carnicom runs the Dads Against Predators pages and poses as a minor to lure men to filmed meetups that draw large followings and millions of views.
- In a January confrontation at a Walmart in Middleburg, he is seen accusing a man of seeking sex with a child and appears to slap him, which led to a battery charge.
- An arrest warrant also alleges he tried to force a man to eat used cigarette butts on camera while threatening to call police if he refused, forming the extortion count.
- Officials say chats with private decoys do not create legal probable cause, so the men he lured will not be charged, and they urge the public to send tips to trained task‑force investigators.