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CONNECTION TO A LOCAL CHURCH. MARLEI THIS YOUTH MINISTER IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT. HE TURNED HIMSELF IN YESTERDAY. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED HIM AT AN UNDERCOER SEX STING LAST FRIDAY. >> WE ARE ALL MARKED AS SET -- SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. MARLEI: HE WILL MOST RAN HIM OVER AS HE TRIED TO GET AWAY. >> IT HAPPENED SO FAST. MY RADIO WAS IN MY HAND. MARLEI: BROW THOUGHT HE WAS MEETING A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO HAVE SEX. >> THE CONVERSATION HE WAS HAVING WITH OUR DETECTIVE WAS BAD. MARLEI: THIS ARREST IS JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG RAP SHEET. HE IS A HIGH RISK SEX OFFENDER, CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF SEXUAL BATTERY AND INDECENT EXPOSURE. HE’S BEEN ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY ON CHARGES INCLUDING SEXUAL BATTERY. SACRAMENTO POLICE SAY HE EXPOSED HIMSELF AND INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED GIRLS. HE NOW LIVES IN MODESTO AND POLICE SAY HE DID NOT REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER THIS PAST YEAR. >> HE WAS ESSENTIALLY WANTED FOR NOT COMPLYING. MARLEI HE IS A YOUTH MINISTER AT A LOCAL CHURCH. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE REFUSING TO NAME THE CHURCH BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO GET THE EMPLOYER INVOLVED. WE TALKED TO A SENIOR ASSOCIATE PASTOR IN MODESTO. HE TOLD US THE CHURCH NEVER EMPLOYED BROW. THE PASTOR SAYS HE ATTENDED CHURCH IN MAY HAVE VOLUNTEERED IN THE PARKING LOT OR WITH THE MEN’S MINISTRY. HE SAYS HE NEVER WORKED WITH CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE WAS WORKING UNDER A FAKE NAME AND SAYS A >> CHURCH RAN HIS FINGERPRINTS. >>ANYTIME YOU RUN FINGERPRINTS, IT SHOWS UP IN YOUR CRIMINAL HISTORY. MARLEI: THE CHURCH DENIES RUNNING HIS FINGERPRINTS, SAYING THEY ONLY DO THAT FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN. HE IS BEHIND BARS AT THE SAN JOAQUIN JAIL. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES

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A man who was working as a youth minister in Stanislaus County was nabbed Tuesday as part of an undercover sex sting operation, the sheriff's office said.Raymond Leon Brau, who also goes by the alias Raymond Thiago, is considered a high-risk sex offender, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office. Brau is accused of trying to meet a 13-year-old girl in order to have sex with her, Lathrop’s acting police chief Ryan Biedermann said. When he realized he was about to be arrested Friday, he ran away, almost hitting Biedermann with his vehicle.“It was pretty scary,” Biedermann said. “It happened so fast. And I hear my radio, my radio was in the hand, it hit the car.”Authorities tracked him down and Brau turned himself in on Tuesday.“The conversation he was having with our undercover detective, it was bad,” Biedermann said.The Megan’s Law database shows Brau is a sex offender convicted on charges of sexual battery, annoying or molesting a child under 18 and indecent exposure. He has been arrested several times in Sacramento County on charges including sexual battery, records show. In 2011, Sacramento police said he exposed himself and inappropriately touched 16- and 17-year-old girls. Brau now lives in Modesto and police said he did not register as a sex offender this past year. “He was essentially wanted already for not complying,” Biedermann said. According to the sheriff’s office, Brau is a youth minister at a church in Stanislaus County. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said they are refusing to name the church because they do not want to get the employer involved. Senior associate pastor Mike Trenton at The House Modesto, a megachurch in the city, said Brau attended church but was not employed there. Trenton said Brau may have volunteered in the parking lot or with the men’s ministry, but never worked with children. Biedermann said Brau was working at a local church under a fake name. He also said a the church ran his fingerprints. “Looks like they did their due diligence with fingerprints it shows up on his criminal history,” he said. “Anytime you run fingerprints, it shows up in your criminal history where you apply, who you apply for and what the position is.”Trenton said The House did not run Brau’s fingerprints. He said they only do that for volunteers who work with children.Brau is facing charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14; arranging to meet with a minor; assault with a deadly weapon, not a firearm, on a police officer; and failing to register as a sex offender, the sheriff's office said. He was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail.