Sicko tied to online network of creeps sexually abused girl, 13, in motel room, repeatedly cut her: feds

A sick online creep who allegedly molested a 13-year-old girl in a motel room just outside of LA was caught by law enforcement with a knife and lubricant after he repeatedly cut her, federal officials announced Monday — less than a week after making a similar arrest.

The victim told officers Matthew Edward Pysher of Bangor, Pennsylvania, engaged in sexual conduct with her, and used a knife to repeatedly cut her, and choked her to the point where she couldn’t speak, and Pysher was taken into custody.

Officers acting on a tip made to the FBI caught depraved Pysher on Friday night — after he allegedly flew all the way from Philadelphia to meet up with a 13-year-old girl from Northridge in a Castaic motel.

Pysher, 18, had been grooming his victim for more than two months after meeting her in an internet chat room for people with mental health illnesses where he went by the handle “Piano Man,” officials said. He was also caught with razor blades and lubricant — while bloody tissues were found in his room.

Pysher is linked to the infamous online ideology known as “764” — an online network of pedophiles trying to tear apart society through the corruption and exploitation of minors, cops said.

“You can go as deep or shallow as you want <3 i love scratches, cuts, and pretty much anything else lol. some are better at different times too. i’m not picky,” twisted Pysher allegedly wrote to his underage victim, per federal officials who shared screenshots of his vile chats with The California Post.

The race to find Pysher and the girl became an emergency after when the girl left a suicide note and ran away from her home. Agents quickly identified Pysher and tacked him to a motel room in Castaic, where officers found him with his victim.

“We believe that he is associated with this nihilistic, violent extremism ideology — one of the most twisted and disturbing ideas to crawl out of the internet,” said LA’s top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli at a press conference to announce Pysher’s bust on Monday.

Essayli said law enforcement first caught wind of the accused pervert 10 days ago when his victim’s mother notified law enforcement that she had discovered messages between Pysher and the girl on the victim’s phone, where Pysher encouraged her to cut herself and send nude photos.

“In that motel they found the victim. They found the defendant. They found a knife,” said Essayli. “They found razor blades, lubricant, bloody tissues and a boarding pass for Pysher’s flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.”

Pysher is charged with travel to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. He’s expected to make expected to make his initial appearance this afternoon in the United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles.

Pysher’s arrest is the second time in less than a week that police arrested an alleged predator in LA linked to 764 and nihilistic, violent extremism, known as NVE.

Officers on Thursday arrested Bryant Gonzalez, 24, at his home in Downey on accusations he coerced minor girls to create and send him sexually explicit videos, officials said Friday.

The arrests of Pysher and Gonzalez are just the latest in string of such busts.

Members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force on August 27 arrested accused child pornography producer and 764 follower Dong Hwan Kim at his Downey residence following the execution of a federal search warrant.

In January of last year, alleged internet predators with an international, neo-Nazi pedophilia ring called CVLT were accused of victimizing at least 16 minors, including two in Southern California.

And federal authorities on May 14 announced the arrest of five men federally charged in LA and Orange County in a nationwide crackdown on internet child sex offenders, led by Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. 

Online predators linked to 764 and NVE are a growing threat to youngsters and families, said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.

“Unfortunately, nihilistic violent extremists targeting children is on the rise nationwide,” Davis said. “The FBI is investigating more than 450 of these cases, and targeting violent online networks, one of which is referred to as 764.”

Davis said a “vile community” of child predators is using chatrooms, online video games and social media to groom and coerce minors into sick sexual acts and acts of self harm. He encouraged parents to check their kids’ devices and report suspicious activity to law enforcement or the FBI.

Essayli had a chilling warning for parents about the growing danger posed by 764 and NVE.

“You may think you know what your kids are doing online, but you have no idea,” he said. “Any child with access to the internet is a sitting duck for these sick, deranged and demonic individuals looking to harm your children.”

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said that all levels of law enforcement are working hard to stop the threat to families and kids posed by 764 and NVE.

“This case underscores the real and persistent threat to our children posed by online predators,” said McDonnell.

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