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At the end of 2018, James Anthony Gonzales 35, posed as a 13-year-old boy on TikTok, a popular Tween instant messaging app formerly known as Musical.ly.  Using this platform, Gonzalez initiated sexual and vulgar conversations with at least 21 female minors, some as young as 9 years of age. 
 
 
In one instance, he learned of the address of a 9-year-old female and arrived at her doorstep unannounced posing as a delivery driver. It is feared that Gonzales has made contact with other children in the same or similar manner. 
 
Gonzales was arrested on February 7, 2019 for Lewd Acts on Children (288.4(B)PC).  Gonzales’s bail has been set at $100,000. His next court date is scheduled for February 27, 2019 at Torrance Municipal Court.
 
At the time of his arrest, child pornography was found on his cellphone.
 
The following is the known social media platforms used by Gonzales and the screen names and aliases he used:
 
Tiktok.com:                                                                  
Username: Lanzo, lanzostiles, lanzostiles4322, lanzostiles77
Profile name: “In the 310 lets go”  “soul0072”              
Posted phone number on profile: 213-433-3824    
 
Meetme.com: Lanzo Stiles
Gmail: [email protected]
Snapchat:  lanzostiles
Instagram:  yamakisaki
 
                                   
If you have further information or you suspect your child has been in contact with Gonzales either in person or via social media, you are asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Human Trafficking Bureau Lieutenant Aikin at (323) 526-5155. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
 
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Deputy Grace Medrano
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