
Robert Bonness, 53, is a retired Cleveland cop with 23 years on the job. He now finds himself on the wrong side of the law.
Bill Mason’s office says that Bonness replied to a post on Craigslist in July involving a father and a daughter. Little did Bonness know, the poster was really an ICAC detective.
Bonness believed he was arranging to meet the 12-year-old daughter for sex.
This article appears in Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2010.

another pervert in gangbanging police blue. You can believe this was’nt his first time getting at a little girl.
Remember he’s innocent until proven other wise no matter what is said at this point and time.
Orange_monkey88 – what part of trolling Craiglist — specifically having to be on that section in the first place, meeting a girl aged UNDER the age of 18 when you are way over 18 is innocent???
Those ads are not serendipitiously posted under buying a used car — they are posted specifically under a sexually natured category. So he was trolling to begin with.
You can JUSTIFY anyone over the age of 18 that would even THINK about meeting a person who is 12?? Sounds sick and a perverted to me….the ad was to meet for sex, asking the girl to wear something innocent…
Did he think he was he going to buy girl scout cookies??? Being a cop he should have smelled a set-up at best…and at the very least if you’re gonna do that kind of stuff… do it with someone OF AGE.. what a pig.
Bonness is a complete perv and has been ever since I’ve known him. He is seriously mentally ill and this is probably not his first time doing this. He is a sexual deviant who had no business being on the police department. I’m glad he finally got caught.
Men like this need to be put in jail the rest of his life,but sad to said they will put him luney bin then let him out and tell the world he ok now then as usually try again