{"id":118625,"date":"2026-07-02T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/man-legally-named-santa-claus-arrested-in-us-child-predator-sting\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:36:07","slug":"man-legally-named-santa-claus-arrested-in-us-child-predator-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/man-legally-named-santa-claus-arrested-in-us-child-predator-sting\/","title":{"rendered":"Man legally named &#8216;Santa Claus&#8217; arrested in US child predator sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man legally named Santa Claus, formerly George Quigley, was arrested in Louisiana for allegedly soliciting a minor online. The 75-year-old, who adopted the Christmas persona, was apprehended during a sting operation after engaging in explicit online exchanges and sending nude photos. Police warn parents about the dangers of such online interactions, especially given the suspect&#8217;s history of posing with children.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man legally named Santa Claus, formerly George Quigley, was arrested in Louisiana for allegedly soliciting a minor online. The 75-year-old, who adopted the Christmas persona, was apprehended during a sting operation after engaging in explicit online exchanges and sending nude photos. Police warn parents about the dangers of such online interactions, especially given the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/man-legally-named-santa-claus-arrested-in-us-child-predator-sting\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Man legally named &#8216;Santa Claus&#8217; arrested in US child predator sting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":118626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}