Editor’s Note: This story is still developing and will be updated as more information becomes available. 

On Tuesday, the Delray Beach Police Department arrested Florida Atlantic University student Christian “CJ” Walden, FAU’s Boca Raton House of Representatives Ways and Means Chair, for “obscene communication – traveling to meet/lure a child using a computer.”

Walden’s booking record with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office shows his bond was set at $5,000. If convicted, he could face up to 21 months in prison, per state statute, as well as mandatory registration on the state’s sex offender registry.

Following Walden’s arrest, FAU’s Student Government Boca House Speaker, Jack Nixon, issued an “emergency House meeting” for Friday. There are two bills on the floor to remove Walden from his position, which he was just voted into in March 21.

The arrest affidavit provided by Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts stated that Dustin Lampros, face of the “561 Predator Catchers” social media account, led Delray Police Department to the arrest of Walden after showing authorities text messages between Walden and “decoy” 13 year old boy “Justin”.

Lampros has led authorities to make dozens of arrests since 2022. His Social media accounts @561pc, the “561 Predator Catchers” main page, and Lampro’s page, @scrappy135mma, shared footage and screenshots of the interaction between Walden and Lampros after he was caught attempting to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old boy in Delray Beach. 

In the footage, Lampros asks Walden, “But when he told you he was 13, what was going through your head?” to which Walden replied, “I don’t know … I blanked.”

Tim Johnson, with the social media username @timjohnson.458, a part of “People v. Predators”, explained that he acted as the “decoy” in the operation while Lampros and “561 Predator Catchers” were on scene during the arrest. “They reach out to our decoy accounts, we then inform them we are underage, they continue the convo, go sexual, and come to meet the child,” Johnson told the University Press, noting that Walden reached out to their decoy account on the LGBTQ+ social networking app Grindr. 

Messages provided to the University Press by Johnson show that the decoy account, operating under the name “Justin,” asked Walden his age, Walden responded that he was 21, and then asked whether “Justin” was 18, as allegedly indicated in his profile bio. The decoy later stated he was 13 years old, after which the conversation continued.

Walden then later asked “Justin” if he wanted to participate in sexual acts such as oral sex and “hooking up,” as shown in the provided messages that the University Press reviewed.

Walden was an active member of FAU’s student Government but is now in the process of impeachment, as Nixon called an emergency House meeting to pass two bills regarding his removal. 

Bills, BRHB 2026-56 “Immediate Removal of Chair Walden” and BRHB 2025-44 “Impeachment of Chair Walden” state to remove him officially.

Speaker Nixon wrote to the University Press that “We are having the emergency meeting to bring about swift accountability to Mr. Walden for his acts, which thankfully were brought to our light by 561PC and its creators.”

Nixon adds, “Paradise Party members are writing these two bills to 1) remove Mr. Walden from the Boca House of Representatives Administration, 2) to remove Mr. Walden from SG as a whole.”

House Secretary and Paradise Party member Enrique Toro Mendez, a sponsor of the “Removal of Chair Walden” bill and author of the Impeachment bill, stated to University Press that “I just can’t seem to understand why a person of his stature and somebody who is so involved in the local community would act with such moral depravity when it comes to representing not only a school, but representing the greater community and such areas that he’s involved in.”

As the process to impeach Walden is in the works, a member of the House and Chair of Rules and Policies, Faisal Albaldawi, states that keeping FAU students safe is part of SG, as they represent the student body. 

“Protecting kids is the floor, not the ceiling, and student government has to meet that floor.” Albaldawi said to the University Press.

He adds that his focus now is on what SG does going forward, which is “supporting any review the university conducts, making sure students know where to turn, and recommitting this body to the standards we hold ourselves to.”

He continued to state, “A statement isn’t enough; students deserve to see what we actually do. For now, we’ve deemed this behavior and the verbal confession as enough to have misrepresented our Student Government; that’s why I’ve quickly authored the resolution for the representative’s removal alongside Speaker Nixon.” 

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