Pittsburgh lawyer caught by 814 PredHunters trolling for underage girls might sue

[Jim Burton]

https://www.thepenn.org/news/state/pitt ... 2180e.html

A jailed Pittsburgh attorney is thinking about suing the group that tricked him into believing an underage girl wanted to meet him for sex, which led to a guilty plea to a charge of attempted corruption of a minor.

Paul Luvara’s law license has been suspended and he’s currently at SCI Forest in Marienville, but he still managed to find a lawyer to ask the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Nov. 5 for permission to investigate 814PredHunters.

That group creates fake social media profiles of underage girls then notifies police when adults initiate sexual conversations. Its work led Punxsutawney police to a McDonald’s in 2023, where Luvara had agreed to meet the fake girl.

His guilty plea, which includes a charge of criminal use of a communication facility, carries a minimum sentence of 30 months and a maximum of seven years. In the meantime, he’s asking to conduct discovery before possibly filing a lawsuit against 814PredHunters, police and Jefferson County.

“As a result of the illegal and vigilante actions of 814… Plaintiff was the victim of entrapment that resulted in his unlawful arrest…” the suit says.