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Grants Pass man arrested for alleged ‘catfishing’ proposition, threats By Nick Morgan Updated: Oct 20, 2021 09:00 AM A A Boris Alexander Deleon, 35, faces felony charges of compelling prostitution, coercion and first-degree intimidation charges accusing him of offering money online to a woman for sex acts, then making death threats while posing as a member of a drug cartel when the woman refused. Josephine County Jail booking photo. A Grants Pass man faces felony charges accusing him of offering money online to a woman for sex acts, then when the woman refused, posing as a member of a drug cartel and making death threats. Boris Alexander Deleon, 35, is in the Josephine County Jail on a string of felony prostitution, coercion and intimidation charges accusing him of online messages earlier this month that allegedly began with Deleon offering a 21-year-old woman “a substantial amount of money” for unspecified sexual contact, according to a release issued by Grants Pass police. “When the victim refused to participate, Deleon made death threats to the victim and claimed to be part of the Sinaloa cartel,” the press release states. The woman contacted police about the death threats Monday, according to police. Within a day, Grants Pass police detectives linked the online messages to Deleon, and made their arrest at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday. In custody, Deleon allegedly made admissions to “catfishing” — posing as another person when communicating online — thousands of times online, according to the release. Josephine County Circuit Court records showed that charges had not yet been filed in the case as of early Wednesday morning. Josephine County Jail records, however, showed Deleon held in jail on felony charges of compelling prostitution, coercion and first-degree intimidation in the case, and bail set at $250,000. Jackson County Circuit Court records show that Deleon also has a separate pending felony robbery case accusing him of threatening staff last year at Baffled Escape Room at the Rogue Valley Mall. On July 28, 2020, Deleon allegedly made death threats to staff at the puzzle amusement in the mall over a denied refund, according to an affidavit filed by Medford police in the Jackson County case. The staff told police they were threatened “multiple times,” the police affidavit states, until they opened up their register and gave Deleon $40 “in fear of being assaulted or killed due to Deleon’s behavior.” Once Deleon got his $40, the victims told police that he continued to threaten them by stating, “you better hope I don’t see you outside, I will kill you bitch.” A grand jury charged Deleon last November with two counts of third-degree robbery and a misdemeanor charge of third-degree theft, according to an indictment filed by the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office. Deleon is currently scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment Nov. 3. Reach web editor Nick Morgan at 541-776-4471 or [email protected] . Follow him on Twitter @MTwebeditor .