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SC man busted for soliciting 11-year-old neighbor over MySpace Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:07:27 CST 38-year-old Taurtagius Shilow of Florence is accused of asking his 11-year-old neighbor to send him explicit pics of herself. Again Shilow is the alleged scumbag here but why was an 11-year-old girl allowed on MySpace. I do realize that her parents checked her account and that's how Shilow was bu... Texas man sent nude pics to 16-year-old girl on MySpace Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:48:19 CST 23-year-old Jonathan Martin of Cypress, Texas was indicted for having explicit chat with and sent nude pictures to a 16-year-old girl that he met on MySpace. He allegedly showed up at the girl's house as well in Bryan, Texas. Read more from this news: [url]http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69344... Calif. man accused of kidnapping Boise girl he met over MySpace Wed, 9 Sep 2009 21:34:29 CDT 18-year-old Misael G. Juarez of Oceano, California is accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl from Boise, Idaho that he met over MySpace. He also allegedly convinced the girl to move in with him. No word on how he transported the girl from Boise to California, He's been taken back to Idaho and ... 68-year-old caught creeping on 10-year-old over MySpace Wed, 22 Jul 2009 0:20:14 CDT 68-year-old William Love of Twinsburg, Ohio was arrested for soliciting a 10-year-old girl on MySpace. He allegedly instructed the girl on how to masturbate and sent her porn. [I]I bet you’re wondering where the 10-year-old’s parents were and why she was on MySpace. Well, as it turns out the 10-... Boynton Beach man arrested for child porn Mon, 13 Jul 2009 3:36:57 CDT David Oberst has been arrested and charged with five counts of Possession of Material Depicting Sexual Performance of a Child. The arrest comes after a joint investigation by the Special Victims Unit (Sexual Predator Enforcement), of the State Attorney’s Office, the Boca Raton Police Department ... Dan-da-Man arrested for child solicitation Wed, 1 Jul 2009 2:09:35 CDT 39-year-old Daniel J. Coyle of Mims, Florida was arrested for soliciting underage girls on MySpace for the purposes of child pornography. Allegedly Coyle had 600 fake personas that he would pose as teenage girls in order to gain his victims’ confidence. Then with the fake persona he would solici... Ga. man posed as woman on MySpace to lure teen boys Wed, 17 Jun 2009 0:47:50 CDT 26-year-old Antoine Louis Johnson of Gwinnett County, Georgia has been arrested for molesting a 13-year-old boy. Police alleged that Johnson posed as a 16-year-old girl on MySpace in order to gain the trust of a 13-year-old boy. Johnson allegedly said as the 16-year-old girl that she would have sex ... Police search for Michigan man who assaulted two Ohio girls Tue, 9 Jun 2009 2:16:38 CDT Police in Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor,, Michigan are looking for a 30-year-old suspect who they believe sexually assaulted two girls,, ages 12 and 13, from Xenia,, Ohio. They met the man over MySpace and he told them he could help them run away. He allegedly drove from Ann Arbor to Xenia to pick u... Wisc. man used MySpace to solicit teens Wed, 27 May 2009 22:52:54 CDT 25-year-old Ryan Clewell of Appleton, Wisconsin is accused of using MySpace to solicit underage girls as young as 12 from Neenah, Wisc. into having sex with him. Clewell allegedly offered them between $150 and $600 to his victims depending on what kind of sex he wanted. That little trick there go... Guy from Maine uses MySpace to take girl from New York to Ohio Thu, 21 May 2009 22:24:50 CDT 19-year-old Charles Dunlop of Bangor, Maine, has been arrested on several charges after he allegedly used MySpace to meet a 13-year-old girl from Niagara County, New York. Authorities say he then took the girl to Cleveland, Ohio.Then Joe Classy dropped the girl off in Erie, Pa. Dunlop has been c... Kentucky MySpace rape suspect arrested Fri, 15 May 2009 23:05:30 CDT 19-year-old Justin Mullins of Bullitt County, Kentucky was arrested this past Wednesday on first degree rape charges. He allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl that he met through an acquaintance and communicated with over MySpace. Read more: [url]http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090513/ZO... Florida teacher busted for lewd MySpace messages Sun, 10 May 2009 21:57:50 CDT Geneva Henry is a former teacher at Jupiter Christian School in Jupiter, Florida. A 14-year-old male student would message Henry on MySpace because he felt he could talk to her about anything. Apparently she felt the same way since the messages she returned were of an illicit nature. Read Mo... CSU Student accused of sex assault of middle schooler he met on MySpace Sun, 3 May 2009 10:15:47 CDT 24-year-old Muhammed Abdullahy Alsukairi who attends Colorado State University was arrested for sexually assaulting a middle school girl he met through MySpace. Police set up another meeting and arrested him when he showed up. Read more: [url]http://cbs4denver.com/crime/myspace.sexual.assaul... Movie Producer Accused of Molesting a Girl he met on MySpace Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:11:44 CDT Producer Iren Koster was arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl he had met over MySpace. Koster is looking at 5 years and is out on $20K bond. Read more: [url]http://cbs2.com/entertainment/MySpace.Producer.Molestation.2.993206.html[/url]... California pimp arrested for recruiting underage girl on MySpace Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:16:31 CDT Known as ‘Staydown’, Christopher Tyrone is now "staying down" in jail because he was arrested in San Diego this week for using MySpace to recruit a 17-year-old runaway girl from Florida to be one of his hookers. The FBI believes he may have had more victims. He used the usual line that he could ... Ga. man charged with cyber-stalking NC woman through Facebook Thu, 16 Apr 2009 1:07:32 CDT 40-year-old Laurence Barnett of Marietta, Georgia traveled from Marietta to Kings Mountain, NC to meet a woman he knew from Facebook. Except the woman really didn’t want any part of him. Barnett allegedly kept trying to friend her on Facebook but she kept rejecting the requests. So imagine her surpr... School employee fired for inapropriate MySpace chats Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:52:17 CDT 21-year-old George Edilberto Francis of Pembroke Pines, Florida used to work for Broward County Schools. That was until police discovered he was having sexual laden chats with underage girls. He didn’t have any physical contact with he girls but he has been charged with sexual performance by a ch... Santa Cruz creeper lied about age to get underage girls on MySpace Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:01:12 CST 29-year-old Edgar Atilano Silva of Santa Cruz, California was arrested last week for allegedly forcing a teen girl that he met over MySpace to have sex with him. Silva allegedly lied about his age to gain the girl’s trust before forcing himself upon her. He then allegedly revealed his true age to th... Man charged with cyber crime Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:14:25 CST Police are concerned that a cyber predator has been operating from Kingston, luring young girls over the Internet. Investigators are asking for information from anyone who has had contact with a man using the e-mail address [email]sbordage69@live.ca[/email]. On Thursday, police raided a King... Indiana man busted for having sex with 14-year-old met in MySpace Mon, 16 Feb 2009 0:46:21 CST 28-year-old Garry Johnson of North Vernon, Indiana was arrested for having repeated sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on MySpace. Johnson had originally contacted the teen in November. Police said the girl had originally responded to instant message communication from Johnson and that he and the... Pilot accused of online solicitation Sun, 1 Feb 2009 20:12:47 CST 28-year-old pilot for Mesabe Airlines Steve Anderson was arrested in Houston, Texas for soliciting a 12-year-old boy for sex. Anderson was arrested at the teens home whom he met over MySpace. Authorities were notified when the boy’s teacher caught the boy texting Anderson while he was in class. ... SC man took teen girl to New York Mon, 26 Jan 2009 9:48:53 CST 31-year-old Robert Patrick Regan of Catawba, South Carolina was arrested for taking a 16-year-old girl that he met on MySpace to New York City. Regan was charged with with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The girl was supposed to have been staying with a friend while the family sorted... Man used MySpace to have sex with teen boy Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:16:51 CST 39-year-old Daniel Modaff of Marseilles, Illinois was arrested for using MySpace to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. Modaff met the boy online then found the boy’s cell phone number that was posted on the boy’s MySpace. The boy’s parents found the text messages that Modaff used to communicate wi... Denver man arrested for luring girls on VF Fri, 2 Jan 2009 8:44:54 CST 24-year-old Matthew Bynum of Denver, Colorado was arrested last week for trying to lure two 14-year-old girls over vampirefreaks.com. Bynum allegedly sent the girls inappropriate pictures of himself and his girlfriend and told the girls he wanted to have a threesome. Bynum had already been arres... Delaware County, Pa. task force joins MySpace to prowl for online predators Tue, 30 Dec 2008 8:54:07 CST The Delaware County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on Pennsylvania is yet another law enforcement agency that has created a MySpace profile in order to help kids stay safe. Just like a lot of other agencies Delaware County created the MySpace profile to have kids add them as their f... Sex Stings Nabs Suspects Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:26:10 CST A major sting operation in the state of Florida has led to the arrest of 17 different men. According to investigators, the sting's intention was to trap various individuals into soliciting or meeting young children whom they had believed to be minors online. Among those arrested: Eddie Cal... Michigan teen raped by Facebook friend* Mon, 15 Dec 2008 7:27:36 CST Police in Clinton Township, Michigan have arrested a man who raped a 16-year-old girl he met on Facebook. The suspect claimed that he just moved to the Detroit area. She invited him to her home once while her family was home. The man returned a different time when she was home alone. She didn’t l... Milton man faces child pornography charges Fri, 28 Nov 2008 9:44:53 CST Florida state police have arrested a 40-year-old Milton man on charges that he solicited some from someone whom he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. Using the screename [I]"flafirefighter6843[/I]", investigators say William Kenneth Adkins, a civilian firefighter working at the Whiting Fie... Arrest Made In Online Undercover Sting Thu, 16 Oct 2008 0:50:31 CDT Police say he thought he was meeting up with a 15-year-old girl for sex, instead he made a date with an undercover officer. State police arrested Walter 'Wally" Edward Hardin over the weekend in Lexington. Hardin is the deputy judge-executive of Magoffin County. Undercover officers arreste... NC man arrested for sending nude photos Sat, 11 Oct 2008 3:33:33 CDT 24-year-old Adam Jaron Wilkinson of Shelby, North Carolina has been arrested for sending nude pictures of himself to a 13-year-old Michigan girl. He communicated with the girl through the social site MyYearbook. Which is extra creepy because MyYearbook is geared toward high school aged users. Th... Alleged cyber-pedophile in police custody Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:55:40 CDT An alleged cyber-pedophile is in police custody after asking two minors to meet him for sex. Instead of the teenagers he was expecting, Laval police surprised the man Saturday night by showing up at the supposed rendez-vous spot. Last night, police officers searched the computer at the suspect's... Close to divorced man busted for child porn, solicitation Fri, 26 Sep 2008 3:12:45 CDT 40-year-old Charles R. Mowder of Midlothian, Illinois was arrested for trying to solicit sex from a 16-year-old girl. Illinois' age of consent is 17. A woman, who I assume was the girl's guardian, found the e-mails that Mowder was sending to the girl and notified police. Police in turn searched M... Man Arrested In Online Sex Sting Thu, 11 Sep 2008 3:14:51 CDT A 44-year-old Linden man has become the 200th person to be arrested in a sting to state crackdown on internet predators, the state attorney general's office announced Wednesday. James Scott Rogers, 44, of Linden was charged with using the Internet to commit child sexual abusive activity. Rogers... MySpace predator busted by Homeland Security Wed, 10 Sep 2008 2:32:28 CDT 32-year-old Celestino Paguyo of Riverside, California was arrested on charges of contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense. Paguyo convinced a 16-year-old girl he met over MySpace to meet with him. He picked her up from school where according to the article he persuaded her to... Sex Sting Nabs Suspect Sat, 6 Sep 2008 2:38:39 CDT Police have arrested a Rocky River man for trying to have sex with what he thought was a 15 year old girl. Investigators claim David Jaratz Jr. had solicited sex online with an undercover officer and came to Avon with the intention of engaging n sexual acts at a home in the city. Jaratz is c... 31 year old man Arrested In Online Sex Sting Wed, 3 Sep 2008 1:32:11 CDT Clinton police arrested 31-year-old Benjamin Rhodes on Thursday. He was charged with criminal solicitation of a minor. Arrest warrants allege that Rhodes began chatting online on April 14 with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. In reality, Rhodes was chatting with an undercover Cli... Married Man Busted In Predator Sting Mon, 25 Aug 2008 2:35:36 CDT A 36-year-old married man with two children was arrested on Thursday after police in the state of Pennsylvania say he solicited sex from a girl whom he believed to be just only 13-years-old. Investigators say Robert Dunlap, of Houtzdale, also sent videos of himself naked to the girl and wrote th... Predator targeted teen websites Thu, 14 Aug 2008 2:13:08 CDT 29-year-old Warren Nanney of Boise, Idaho was arrested this past Friday in child porn charges. Nanney was said to have been in possession of images of 14 and 15 year old girls. Using the handles of "Shadow" and "Jadedwasted" Nanney cruised the usual places looking for young girls. Investigators ... Man arranged a meeting via the Internet to engage in a sex with a 15-year-old girl Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:27:17 CDT A Waterloo man has been arrested for allegedly arranging to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex. Michael Kuehl, 32, was arrested Friday by Cedar Falls police as a part of an investigation they conducted along with the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Kuehl is charged with attempte... Man tried to coerce a 13-year-old girl he met over the Internet Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:18:26 CDT Davis County Sheriff's deputies are looking for potential victims of a man they allege tried to coerce a 13-year-old girl he met over the Internet into a sexual relationship. Investigators with the Ogden-based Northern Utah Internet Crimes Against Children task force were contacted by the girl's... Police Officer Arrested In Net Sex Sting Mon, 28 Jul 2008 7:39:58 CDT A state trooper was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child after Fort Lupton police said he used the Internet to send graphic sexual pictures of himself to a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Fort Lupton Police Chief Ron Grannis said Colorado State Patrol Of... Suspect Charged In Net Sex Sting Mon, 28 Jul 2008 7:38:35 CDT A Michigan man has been arrested in an Internet sex sting after police posed as minors looking for Internet predators. Kirk Allen Nagy, of Romulus, was arrested after allegedly soliciting someone whom he believed to minor. Police say, he used a webcam to show his private parts to child online. ... Man, 52 Arrested In Sex Sting Mon, 21 Jul 2008 8:42:36 CDT Bond was set at $10,000 on Monday for a Little Rock man who drove to Crawford County seeking to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. Circuit Judge Gary R. Cottrell ruled there was enough evidence to hold Ellis Trice, 52, who was arrested July 2 for Internet stalking of a child. Cottrell set a July 1... Suspect Charged In Internet Sting Wed, 16 Jul 2008 5:19:36 CDT An Oconee County Sheriff's Office sex sting over the Internet lured a Townville man to a deputy who had been posing as a 13-year-old girl in a chat room. Jordan Robert Hicks, 22, of 1300 Double Springs Road in Townville, drove to Walhalla on Friday night after chatting two hours on the Internet w... Man Charged In Child Porn Case Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:54:41 CDT 21-year-old man was charged in connection with a crackdown on child pornography. Benjamin Sellers was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography. Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constables seized computers, CDs, floppy discs, USB drives and MP3 Players from his home in Humble... Internet Sting Nabs Suspect Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:03:14 CDT A Forest Grove man was arrested for luring a minor online, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives from the Interagency Child Exploitation Team arrested 21-year-old Michael P. Caldwell after serving a search warrant at his home. Investigators seized two computers along with other miscellaneous di... Allegheny County Man Charged In Online Sex Sting Wed, 9 Jul 2008 8:19:47 CDT WHITE OAK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced Tuesday that agents from the child predator unit arrested Theodore Morgan of White Oak. Investigators said Morgan thought he was chatting with a teenage girl online, even sending her a webcam video that showed him partia... Man Pleads Guilty In Attempt To Meet Up With Girl, 13 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:35:35 CDT A New York man pleaded guilty in federal court today after he was arrested in Moreno Valley for trying to arrange to have sex with a 13-year-old girl decoy he met online. Douglas William Evert 46, of Dover Plains, NY will face at least 20 years in federal prison in connection with his plea. ... Toy Store Manager Charged With Kid Porn Wed, 2 Jul 2008 9:13:20 CDT The State Police North Syracuse Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the New York State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Craig W. Stevens,31, of Liverpool for the Class D Felony of Promoting a Sexual Performance of a Child. The investigation revealed that Stevens poss... Winchester teacher facing child enticement charges Tue, 1 Jul 2008 4:22:35 CDT A special education teachers assistant at the McCall Middle School is facing charges of child enticement. Christopher French, 27, is accused of text messaging a 13-year-old girl and leaving messages on her MySpace and Facebook accounts pressuring her to meet him in the woods or his hot tub. Ac... Columbia man in jail again for behavior toward young girl Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:59:22 CDT A Columbia man was arrested again for acting inappropriately toward a young girl. Richland County deputies arrested 21-year-old David Poplin on Friday after they were told Poplin had kissed and fondled a 13-year-old girl. Poplin later admitted that he had done it. Poplin, a former USC stude... Oral sex after MySpace chat Tue, 24 Jun 2008 0:24:22 CDT 21-year-old Ashley Wood (male) of England was sentenced to 3 years probation and his name placed on the sex offenders registry for messing around with a then 13-year-old girl after meeting her on MySpace. Prosecutor David Chrimes said Wood, then aged 20, drove to a secluded place where sexual act... MySpace Contact Leads To Charges Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:17:48 CDT A 26-year-old Ashwaubenon man was held Monday at the Manitowoc County Jail on a pending felony charge of sexually abusing a 15-year-old Two Rivers youth, according to Lt. Scott Gerard of the Two Rivers Police Department. Police allege that Scott Spletzer came to Two Rivers on Saturday to pick up... Bath man who claims to be HIV-positive charged with having sex with girls Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:09:50 CDT A 23-year-old Bath man charged last month with having child pornography images at his home has now been charged with having sex with girls he met on-line. When Colonial Regional police seized 125 images of child pornography from the home of Shaun Patrick Austin, of the 200 block of East Main Stre... New Orleans man arrested for soliciting sex from minor online Thu, 19 Jun 2008 9:48:28 CDT Kenner police arrested a New Orleans man Wednesday after accusing him of trying to have sex with a detective posing as an underage girl in an online chat room. Brett Lachmann, 28, was charged with computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes and indecent behavior with a juvenile. He faces ... Airdrie man charged for luring child over the internet Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:33:22 CDT CALGARY - A 51-year-old Airdrie man has been charged by police for luring a child over the internet. The man was charged Tuesday by Airdrie RCMP, with the assistance of the Calgary Integrated Child Exploitation Unit. He will appear in Airdrie Provincial Court on Aug. 19. Airdrie RCMP remind ... Belgian arraigned on child sex charges in Montreal Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:25:54 CDT MONTREAL - A 32-year-old Belgian man found in a hotel with a 13-year-old girl he met online, was arraigned in Quebec Court in Montreal Monday on several sex charges. Vincent Duval pleaded not guilty to three counts of luring a minor over the Internet, one count each of sexual touching, invitation... LaFayette, Ga., man faces child pornography charges Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:57:56 CDT A LaFayette, Ga., man who federal authorities say made a series of child pornography videos depicting his repeated rapes of a young girl over the course of several years has been arrested. James Bartholomew "Bart" Huskey, 38, was arrested Monday in his LaFayette home, authorities said. His arrest... Kenner detectives arrest June's third online sex offender suspect Tue, 17 Jun 2008 9:22:59 CDT William. B Mercier, a 34-year-old from Bogue Chitto, Miss., faces at least one count of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes and one count of pornography involving juveniles for his suspected courting of detective Robert McGraw. McGraw is a department veteran specialized in cyber crim... Oshkosh Woman Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Tue, 17 Jun 2008 9:17:33 CDT OSHKOSH (WFRV) - 41-year-old Teresa Cantrall admits to having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old Appleton boy. The criminal complaint says Cantrall knew it was wrong, but she loved the boy. The two would keep in touch through the networking wesite MySpace. She was arrested earlier this m... Orinda man deported from Cuba: Accused of repeated sex with 12-year-old Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:10:17 CDT BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE - An Orinda mortgage specialist who fled the Bay Area after being accused of engaging in child sex tourism offenses with a 12-year-old Costa Rican girl appeared in federal court in Miami today after being deported from Cuba. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Leonard ... Sheriff's office: Man arrested after Internet chat Mon, 16 Jun 2008 8:13:29 CDT Kenneth Gregory, 22, was arrested Wednesday and charged with three felony counts of child solicitation by electronic communication device. The investigation of Gregory began on March 27, when he made contact with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old female from Clovis, according to the releas... Dylan Thomas aka Jon Schillaci arrested Mon, 16 Jun 2008 7:26:40 CDT June 6th, 2008: We have accomplished many things in our organizational history, but today an arrest was made that ranks up there with anything we've ever done. FBI top ten most wanted fugitive Jon Schillaci was arrested by the FBI in Mexico and transported back to New Hampshire to face outstanding c... ISPs Agree To Block Child Porn Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:58:53 CDT ALBANY, N.Y. -- Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint agreed with Cuomo to bl... Man enters plea in child molestation, pornography case Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:44:17 CDT PASADENA - A Monrovia man suspected of luring 10 teenage girls via the Internet to molest them and take pornographic pictures of them appeared in court last week, officials said. Gregory Scott Serrano, 33, entered a not guilty plea Friday at the Pasadena Superior Court, Los Angeles County Distri... New York men arrested for being with Ohio teens Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:40:59 CDT Three men from New York state are being accused of erape by two teenage girls from Vermilion, Ohio. Michael Wightman, 18, Anthony Edinger, 19, and James Lass, 21, are have said to met the Ohio girls over MySpace then were invited to vist. That's a 300 mile trip by the way. When Wightman was c... FL Teacher has sex with four teens Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:14:34 CDT From the same Florida county that brought us the Victoria Lindsay beating comes this story about a teacher hat strayed from the path. 32-year-old Danielle Jones of Stanbaugh Middle School in Auburndale, Florida has been arrested for having sex with at least four teenagers. She would use MySpa... Sex offenders must now register E-mails Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:27:03 CDT JUNEAU - Gov. Sarah Palin signed into law on May 27 legislation requiring registered sex offenders to report their e-mail and all other internet identifiers with the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, sponsored the bill to protect children from on-line predators... Methodist pastor pleads guilty to sex charges Wed, 4 Jun 2008 6:32:46 CDT CONNEAUTVILLE, Pa. -- A man who pastored two Crawford County United Methodist churches has pleaded guilty to charges involving contact with an undercover agent posing as a minor girl over the Internet. The Rev. Steven McGuigan will be sentenced Sept. 12 and faces a maximum of 28 years in prison. ... Child Predator's New Foe Wed, 4 Jun 2008 4:42:33 CDT Colorado has a new tool to fight the growing number of sexual predators prosecuted in the state. U.S. Attorney Troy A. Eid announced Tuesday that the Justice Department will fund a prosecutor to exclusively handle child exploitation crimes. The position was authorized in part because of the fo... Smug substitute teacher busted Tue, 3 Jun 2008 3:52:43 CDT Hudson -- A substitute teacher who most recently worked for Akron schools has been charged by both Hudson and Stow police for allegedly having unlawful sexual conduct with a 14-year-old Hudson girl police say he met online. Hudson police arrested Albert J. Calabrese III, 24, of Kent, May 21 and c... Brevard officers patrol Internet for sex predators Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:23:56 CDT Florida-- Michael Spadafora surfs the Internet for several hours a day, posing as a teenage girl or boy in chat rooms and on social networking sites. Some days, all it takes is a few minutes before the Brevard County sheriff's agent gets a bite from a would-be sexual predator, usually an older man.... FL man accused of sex with 12-year-old Mon, 2 Jun 2008 2:31:53 CDT APOPKA -- An Orange County man who is accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl he allegedly met on the Internet, met the judge on Wednesday, instead. Police said Luis Quinones, 28, met the girl online through MySpace.com. After being arrested Tuesday at his house, Quinones admitted to mee... Nexopia date rapists sentenced Mon, 2 Jun 2008 1:42:34 CDT One man will spend at least four years behind bars, another three, for drugging and sexually assaulting a young Chilliwack woman three years ago. Ali Saadatmandi was sentenced to four years in prison for the sexual assault in New Westminster Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon. He also was sentence... Sex Predator Uses MySpace to Lure Teens Thu, 29 May 2008 10:22:19 CDT LOS ANGELES -- A 33-year-old Monrovia man has been indicted for allegedly using social networking Web sites such as MySpace to entice teenage girls to have sex with him and pose for pornographic photos. Gregory Scott Serrano was charged Tuesday with production of child pornography, using the Inte... Facebook pedophile pleads guilty Thu, 29 May 2008 10:16:08 CDT Back in February of 2007 Macalindong was arrested for using Facebook to try and entice a 15-year-old boy to his home for sex. It's actually way more complicated than that so go read the original post for all the disturbing details. Yesterday he pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.... Niceville man arrested for child porn Wed, 28 May 2008 11:12:40 CDT NICEVILLE - America Online reported a man for sharing child porn on the Internet, Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies say in his arrest report. Michael Gaynes, 45, of 26th Street, was arrested last week on felony charges of possession of child pornography and transmission of child pornography, acc... Teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges Wed, 28 May 2008 11:01:45 CDT Australia -- A Brighton Grammar teacher has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after downloading thousands of images from the internet including of naked young girls tied up with ropes. Father-of-three John Newton Hewitt, 49, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today to two c... Pedophiles use Skype 'loophole' to woo children Tue, 27 May 2008 9:40:36 CDT INTERNET chatrooms run by Skype, the online telephone giant, have become a magnet for pedophiles and sexual predators who want to groom children as young as 10 for sex, an investigation has found. The software, which enables users to make free phone calls and also "chat" by typing messages while ... Man arrested on accusation of child pornography Mon, 26 May 2008 23:22:38 CDT A 34-year-old Portland man was arrested today by Multnomah County Sheriff's Office on accusation of illegal possession of child pornography. Deputy Travis Gullberg, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department, said the Warrant Strike Team arrested Kevin Eugene Thornburg at 11 a.m. in Lake Oswego. Th... Parents feared 13-year-old daughter was missing Mon, 26 May 2008 23:10:47 CDT Parents of a 13-year-old Salem, Orregon girl had feared that their daughter ran off with an older man. They discovered that their 13-year-old daughter had been living a double life on MySpace posing as a 28-year-old college student. Through that MySpace account their 13-year-old daughter allegedly b... Man suspected of abusing child over Web Thu, 22 May 2008 9:15:39 CDT Ontario Provincial Police officers arrested a Listowel man hours after he was suspected of attempting to abuse a young child in real time over the Internet. The investigation, which took place on Tuesday, involved an undercover police officer from the London Police Service who engaged the accused... Mo. Lawmakers Vote to Bar Internet Harassment Wed, 21 May 2008 22:35:30 CDT Responding to the suicide of a Missouri teenager who was teased over the Internet, state lawmakers Friday gave final approval to a bill making cyber harassment illegal. The bill updates state laws against harassment to keep pace with technology by removing the requirement that the communication b... NJ sex offenders charged for MySpace, Facebook use Mon, 19 May 2008 8:23:29 CDT MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- Three convicted sex offenders have been arrested for surfing social networking Web sites and are believed to be the first charged under the state's new law that restricts their use of the Internet, authorities said Friday. State police set up accounts on MySpace and Facebook... Police reveal multi-agency online task force aimed at sexual predators Fri, 16 May 2008 22:14:48 CDT WILSONVILLE -- A law enforcement task force quietly launched in October already has developed 53 cases against suspected online predators seeking sex with children, authorities announced today. Most of the those arrested were from the metro area, but a few -- including one from Minnesota -- came ... Elite Montreal school rocked by another sex scandal Tue, 13 May 2008 0:04:39 CDT An elite Montreal private school has been hit by another sex scandal after the school said one of its teachers has been arrested in the U.S. on child pornography charges and for the online solicitation of a 13-year-old boy. Parents of students at Selwyn House were informed Friday afternoon in an ... Beer commercial actor pleads guilty to child porn Mon, 12 May 2008 23:41:31 CDT A Toronto actor known for his work on a popular beer commercial has pleaded guilty to child porn charges. Robert Smith, the 42-year-old who played a crude Scotsman in an Alexander Keith's beer commercial, told a courtroom Monday he was not pressured into making the decision. His plea comes aft... New prosecutor jobs to target online predators Thu, 8 May 2008 22:50:22 CDT [I]The Associated Press[/I] WASHINGTON - The Justice Department said Wednesday it will spend $5 million to create 43 new jobs for prosecutors targeting online sexual predators of children. The assistant U.S. attorney positions are being funded through the government's Project Safe Neighborhood... Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime Wed, 7 May 2008 11:12:51 CDT Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes. The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB "thumb drive" that was quietly distributed to a handful of l... Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace Tue, 6 May 2008 10:34:07 CDT Virginia public schools will soon launch Internet safety lessons across all grade levels, responding to a state mandate that is the first of its kind in the nation. Even though today's students have known no life without the Internet, only a couple of states have laws that recommend schools teach on... Interpol launches pedophile photo campaign Tue, 6 May 2008 10:20:57 CDT PARIS (Reuters) - The global police body Interpol launched a worldwide photo appeal on Tuesday to find a suspected pedophile after its first such campaign led to the arrest and trial of a Canadian in Thailand. Interpol posted pictures of a white-haired, balding man on its website, saying they wer... Police Try MySpace to Deter Sexual Predators Fri, 2 May 2008 22:59:20 CDT ARLINGTON COUNTY - The Arlington County police department have made their very own MySpace hoping that kids will add them as their friend to discourage predators. "Think of it as a 'Beware of the Dogs' sign," said Lt. Brett Butler, head of the department's Special Victims Unit. "If som... Internet predators defy parental notions in luring kids into relationships Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:26:47 CST [SIZE="1"]From The Canadian Press February 19, 2008[/SIZE] Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook do not appear to increase the risk of becoming the victim of an online predator, a new study suggests. According to the research, Internet offenders often work to foster trustin... Worst of the Worst - Not for the Squeamish Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:37:56 CST [PIC=right]http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/BSNDimitrius/2007-1-30-pa-serial-molester.jpg[/PIC][SIZE=5][FONT=Verdana]Police: Convicted molester kept log of 36,000 children's names and abuse acts[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][IMG]http://www.courttv.com/graphics/13th/shim.gif[/IMG][/FONT] ... Room for Rent furnished, phone, cable, 2 year old girl incl. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:56:17 CST [SIZE=6]Man arrested in child molestation case[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Ventura Count Star[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Thursday, February 14, 2008[/SIZE] A 40-year-old Port Hueneme man was arrested last week on suspicion of molesting a 2-year-old girl, police said. Martin Villa, who rents a room from a family in the ... Sexual Abuse Survivor Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:34:11 CST [SIZE=6]Sexual abuse survivor shares her story[/SIZE][PIC=right]http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/BSNDimitrius/7863532_BG1.jpg[/PIC] [SIZE=1]Updated: Feb 13, 2008 08:53 AM PST[/SIZE] A Valley woman is sharing her story with WAFF 48's To Catch a Predator. It's a story she kept hidden ... Light Sentence in Canada Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:14:36 CST This guy deserves a lot more time than he got. Mom's an idiot too. I feel bad for the kids. [SIZE="6"]Child molester gets 25 months[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"]Jana G. Pruden, Leader-Post Published: Thursday, February 14, 2008[/SIZE] A man who sexually abused his stepdaughters and continued to have... Police conduct Ontario's largest province-wide sweep of child pornography offenders Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:21:47 CST [pic=right]http://www.badscreennames.com/advisory/attachment.php?attachmentid=2&stc=1&d=1202933377[/pic] TORONTO, Feb. 12 - Police services across Ontario have arrested 22 individuals in the largest coordinated child pornography investigations in the history of Ontario. The investigation a... Predator in Paradise Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:00:25 CST [SIZE=3]This Hawaii man was arrested in a public park for soliciting sex from someone he thought was a 14-year old girl.[/SIZE] [pic=right]http://www.badscreennames.com/advisory/attachment.php?attachmentid=1&stc=1&d=1202927010[/pic] [SIZE=4]Online predator sentenced to 1 year in prison... Startling Story in Canada WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:04:57 CST [SIZE="3"]********* WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT ********[/SIZE] [SIZE="6"]Boyish, cunning and cruel: Online predator shut down[/SIZE] A young man with an 'amazingly complex' system, [SIZE="3"]Mark Bedford [/SIZE]faces a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty to extortio... Online Predator Busted in Internet Sting Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:58:22 CST PENNSYLVANIA - Berks County investigators say they've nabbed an online predator. Police say 21-year-old Christopher Doney was trying to solicit sex from a minor using the internet. What Doney didn't know was that "14-year-old girl" was actually a member of the State Attorney General's Child Predator... New York State Senate Passes Law Protecting Kids Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:02 CST ALBANY - The New York state Senate passed legislation yesterday intended to protect teenagers who use social-networking sites from online predators. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo introduced the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act last month. It would require registered sex offe... Pushes for New State Law Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:56:17 CST Victim of internet predator pushes new state law to protect others online A young woman who became the victim of an internet child predator is calling for more funding to investigate sex crimes in Virginia. She joined Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the state capitol Wednesday to pu... Internet Arrest of Simoncini Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:41:35 CST Portsmouth police investigation helps in Internet arrest PORTSMOUTH - An Internet crime detective with the Portsmouth police was key to the arrest Friday of a Worcester, Mass., man on numerous Massachusetts charges of Internet solicitation of a minor. Scott A. Simoncini, 35, of 95 Sears... 2 more Arrested for solicitation Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:09:27 CST Kenner police arrest two in online solicitation cases High school teachers from St. James Parish and Wisconsin have been arrested in separate cases of exposing themselves online to what they thought was an underage girl, but was actually an undercover detective, Kenner police said Tuesd... Arrested for Solicitation of 16-year-old Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:22:08 CST Man arrested on computer child porn charge Look for further updates on high-profile cases as they become available. Fifteenth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Tom Tatum Jr. filed felony charges of computer child pornography against a Dardanelle man early last month. According to ... XBox Stalker Arrested Again Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:09:09 CST Granville man arrested again for stalking teen in Spokane, Wash. A Granville man who was charged with stalking a girl he met online in December was arrested for a second time this week by police in Spokane, Wash., after he continued to pursue her and volunteered to work at her high school.... Online predator alert Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:00:54 CST Second arrest spurs online predator alert A second man has been arrested for allegedly sexually violating a woman he met on the internet. The 36-year-old Waikato man is charged with sexually violating a woman who came to New Zealand after meeting him on the web. Police said the victi... Teen Solicitation Warrant Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:33:20 CST Man sought in teen online solicitation Louisiana police have issued warrants for the arrest of a Manassas-area man who they said attempted to solicit sex with a 14-year-old over the Internet, according to documents filed in Prince William Circuit Court Tuesday. The 37th Judicial Distric... Capture of online predator Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:26:09 CST Kokomo police capture online predator KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) - Kokomo police say they captured an online predator. Officers arrested 24-year-old William Hartman for child solicitation on Monday. Authorities say the Kokomo man began chatting online with an investigator posing as a 15-year-o... MySpace Predator Caught Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:43:20 CST Another MySpace Predator Caught Going After Children On the same day MySpace and the attorneys general for 49 states announced an agreement that will allow parents to have their kids' email addresses blocked from the social networking site we get this tragic story out of Florida: A Tamp... Man gets 14 years for online soliciting Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:06:19 CST Man gets 14 years for online soliciting New Castle man was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for traveling to Lafayette to have sex with whom he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Justin W. Hicks, 25, also must serve one year on community corrections, five years on supervised probat... Man arrested in Sting Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:04:12 CST Man arrested in sting wants case thrown out PIEDMONT -- The most prominent suspect from a televised child predator sting operation in Petaluma returned to court Thursday to ask a judge to throw out his case. Dr. Maurice Wolin, a Piedmont cancer researcher whose woeful, August 2006 arres... From Online Chat to Arrest Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:16:01 CST From Online Chat to Arrest A Tucson man is under arrest, accused of trying to lure an underage girl he met over the internet to meet him for sex. The "girl" actually was an undercover Tucson Police detective. Robert Peck, 54, was chatting online with a girl he thought was 13. The chats turned... Sex offender pleads guilty Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:41:49 CST Bailey pleads guilty to 2 counts of online enticement of minor A previously convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to two counts of online enticement of a minor Wednesday in Juneau Superior Court. Richard Bailey, 59, agreed to a double felony conviction in a plea bargain with the Juneau... Saudi man arrested for Internet luring of underage girl Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:44:45 CST Saudi man arrested for Internet luring of underage girl District Attorney Internet Investigator Mike Harris started out the new year with the arrest of a 23-year-old man from Saudi Arabia on suspicion of Internet Luring of a Child. Majid Al Quarishi was supposedly coming to the United Stat... Sex Offender Gets 10 Years Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:58:21 CST Sex Offender Gets 10 Years ENFIELD - - A local man was sentenced by a federal judge to more than 10 years in prison for attempting to entice a minor into sex through the Internet and possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said Monday Joseph Cote, 52, of 14 Linda Lane... College student arrested in sex sting Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:50:36 CST College student arrested in sex sting A college student is being held in Leon County Jail with no bond after authorities say he went to the Books-A-Million parking lot to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl to have sex with her. Eddie E. Crutchfield Jr., 23, a student at Florida... 24 seeking 14 on trail Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:48:20 CST Hearing set for man charged in online sex sting SAUK CITY - A Madison man arrested by Sauk City police for allegedly soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sex online was given a preliminary hearing date during a court appearance Jan. 3. Amol Girish Date, 24, will appear before Judge James E... Convicted sex offender arrested Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:45:39 CST Convicted sex offender arrested in Laguna Niguel J. Randall Ismay held on $100,000 bail Deputies arrested a 58-year-old male for sending child pornography at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday at his home on the 24000 block of Estacia in Laguna Niguel. J. Randall Ismay is a convicted sex offender who w... Probation in Online Probe Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:43:45 CST Man gets probation in online sex probe A Fort Atkinson man will not serve jail time after being arrested as part of an undercover Columbus police Internet sex chat probe last year. Judge James Miller accepted a joint recommendation from Jared Banker's defense attorney, Richard Davis, an... Perilous Web snares children Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:28:26 CST Perilous Web snares children Zoie is 11 years old. She's having a tough time at home. Her father doesn't understand her, and her mom doesn't want to hear it. She likes in-line skating, going to the arcade and chatting on her computer. Tommy says he's 11, too. He has the same interests and he c... On alert for online perverts Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:26:27 CST On alert for online perverts PLYMOUTH - One guy flew into tiny Marshfield Airport with condoms and Viagra tablets in his pocket. Another started talking about sex so quickly and so explicitly that it took police just three hours after his first online chat to put him in handcuffs. An... Predator campaign top priority for Fla. Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:33:52 CST Predator campaign top priority for Fla. The Internet is a marvel for young people, with the potential for vastly enhancing their education and general mental fitness - but it's a jungle out there in cyberspace. Young people online are terribly vulnerable to sexual predators. They must b... Guilty to 20 Charges Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:32:06 CST Internet predator pleads guilty to 20 charges Internet predator pleads guilty in Stafford Gene R. Morrill's unplanned trip to Virginia is going to be an extended one. Morrill assured that Thursday when he pleaded guilty to 20 charges in Stafford County Circuit Court related to his eff... 48, Arrested in Kentucky Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:25:59 CST Police: Internet Predator Thinks He is Meeting Young Girl, Meets Detectives A Frankfort man got quite a surprise when police say he went to a gas station expecting to meet a 14-year old girl. Instead he came face to face with Kentucky State Police detectives. Officers say 48-year old... Arrest should worry Parents Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:13:02 CST Police: Online predator case a wake up call for parents A Whitesville, Kentucky man remains in jail after being arrested by Owensboro police Monday. Larry Richards is charged with unlawful use of electronic means to induce a minor. On November 27th, Owensboro Police Detective Steve Smit... Federal funding to fight crime Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:59:08 CST Federal funding to help fight online sex crimes in Montana Kids in Montana will soon have more protection against Internet crimes thanks to federal funding that's coming to the state. One of detective Bryan Fischer's jobs is looking for online predators and this is the first year that H... Cop arrested for online solicitation Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:56:39 CST [SIZE="3"]Cyber Crimes Unit Arrests West Lake Hills Police Officer for Online Solicitation of a Minor[/SIZE] Paul Kirksey allegedly e-mailed sexually explicit images to undercover Cyber Crimes Unit investigator AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes Unit today arrest... Computer Cops Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:57:56 CST [SIZE="4"]Computer cops snare predators[/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]Expanded unit makes 55th arrest[/SIZE] JACKSONVILLE - For a guy who just turned 40, Chuck McMullen can turn himself into a fairly convincing teenager. So can Chad Hoffman, 35, who effortlessly sheds 20 years as he point-clicks hi... XBox's Halo leads to Stalking Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:15:28 CST Granville man arrested for stalking Washington teen A Granville man was arrested on Dec. 28 after driving 40 hours to Spokane, Wash., and allegedly threatening to rape two girls, ages 15 and 6. According a report from the Spokane Police Department, Joshua R. Stetar, 20, was arrested aft... 35, arrested for meeting runaway Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:11:43 CST Hillsboro cops arrest 35-year-old who met 15-year-old runaway online The Hillsboro Police Department announced this afternoon that it arrested 35-year-old Robert Earl Hogan for third-degree rape involving a 15-year-old runaway from Southern California. On Sunday night, police went to Ho... 51, chats with a teenager Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:03:54 CST Eden man arrested, charged with soliciting sex act from minor A man was arrested Dec. 21 and charged with soliciting a sexual act from a minor on the Internet, said the Guilford County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said Davy Ray Burgess, 51, of 777 Garrett Road in Eden, believed he was cha... No Federal Law to Help Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:59:07 CST Sexual Predators Becoming Victims of Nationwide Internet Initiative With no federal law in place to implement Internet restrictions upon convicted sex offenders, individual states are shouldering the responsibility of protecting their citizens through bans and intensive monitoring. Florida... 68th Arrest in one County Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:56:27 CST Jeffco DA makes record 68 arrests in online child-sex cases in '07 A special unit of the Jefferson County district attorney's office has arrested a record 68 people this year on charges of seeking out children online for sex. "What we have accomplished is phenomenal," DA's investigator ... Phishing for pedophiles Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:47:33 CST Phishing for pedophiles A detective's cyber search for sex criminals. Nate Cogburn spends hours at work in online chat rooms. He talks about sex, pornography and "hooking up" with strangers. And he's doing it right under his boss' nose. For the Tracy detective, it's just another day... Arrest of School IT Guy Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:23:57 CST Corbett announces Child Predator arrests in Cambria County A Cambria County man was arrested by the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit for alledgly using Internet chat rooms to sexually proposition what he believed was a teenage girl, as well as sending sexually explicit photos to the ... Marine grooms 13-year-old Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:45:45 CST [SIZE="3"]After online courtship, girl's tryst with Marine ends at bus station Suspect had bought a diamond ring, police said.[/SIZE] At quarter to one on Christmas morning, while most other children were asleep awaiting the day's gift-giving, a 13-year-old North Side girl was putting on ... Bill to limit online access Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:41:47 CST Codey signs bill limiting online access for sex offenders Filling in for the vacationing governor, Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex) signed legislation today aimed at limiting Internet access for convicted sex offenders to prevent them from luring children into real-world liaisons. ... Traveled for sex but arrested instead Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:25:09 CST Florida Police Arrest Online Predator It seems to happen just about anytime authorities set up a sting to catch adults looking for young people for sex. A Florida man has been arrested after authorities in Seminole County say he traveled to meet someone he thought was a 13-year old g... New Law Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:23:32 CST New law targets 'Net predators JACKSONVILLE - For a guy who just turned 40, Chuck McMullen can turn himself into a fairly convincing teenager. So can Chad Hoffman, 35, who effortlessly sheds 20 years as he point-clicks his way between message windows of online chat rooms. They are co... Online sex sting Arrest Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:52:19 CST Police arrest another man in online sex sting A 45-year-old Missouri man was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with enticement of a child, following an investigation by Baldwin City police. Baldwin City Police Chief Mike McKenna said Tuesday that his officers, with help fr... MySpace Luring Arrest Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:39:14 CST Internet linked to assault charges: Former Port City man arrested PORTSMOUTH - A former resident was arrested Friday for allegedly using the popular website MySpace to lure an underage girl into having sex with him on three separate occasions, according to police. On Friday, Police arre... Chat Room set up Kidnapping Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:36:00 CST Elizabethton man accused of using online chat room to set up kidnapping of Sumner County girl A Carter County man used online game chat to arrange a meeting with a Sumner County teenager with diminished mental capacity he's now accused of kidnapping, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Inve... 5 men arrested Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:33:11 CST Twin Cities / Police officers go online and arrest 5 men in child predator sting Four charged with using chat rooms to solicit sex "are you a cop?" an 18-year-old St. Paul man wrote to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl in an Internet chat room. "lol no way!!!," was the reply. "... Unlawful Contact with a Minor Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:31:08 CST Ex-school employee, twp. official facing child sex charges HASTINGS - A former Susquehanna Township supervisor who was an information technology administrator in the Greater Johnstown School District is facing felony child sex abuse charges. Allen David Stossel, 43, of the 100 block of... School Cook Arrested Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:26:37 CST School Cook Arrested Man faces Child-porn charges Police are crediting international co-operation in the nabbing of an Edmonton child-ed worker on child-porn charges. They've arrested a 40-year-old man who's been working as a teacher's assistant and cook at L.Y. Cairns junior high sch... banned from internet Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:16:32 CST Internet Sex Arrest Police in Dauphin County arrested 28-year-old Scott Dennis of York on Friday. They say he arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl he met online for sex. However, that girl was actually an undercover cop. He was arrested in the Harrisburg area after he arranged a meet... Man Sent Nude Pics Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:42:29 CST Police: Man Sent Nude Pics Of Self To 'Girl' Police Say Man Admitted Sending Pics, Soliciting Sex SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- A man who police said admitted sending nude images of himself to a detective posing as a girl in an Internet chat room faces several charges after police went to his home. ... Soldier arrested for internet chat Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:32:48 CST Recent Fort Rucker soldier faces child solicitation charges Authorities in Texas arrested a former Army engineer recently stationed at Fort Rucker on charges he solicited sex from a teenage boy over the Internet, according to police Capt. Randy Roland, of the McKinney Police Department in ... S&M IMs to 15-year-old Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:28:48 CST Texan admits sex chat offences A TEXAN oil worker, who sent sado-masochistic messages to a 15-year-old Scottish girl on an internet chat line, was arrested when his ship docked at Leith. Kevin Judson, 38, spent 600 hours online from his home near Houston last year, communicating with the ... Police your friends on MySpace Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:17:35 CST Fairfield Police Use MySpace to Take on Predators In an effort to stop cyber harassment, the Fairfield Police Department is making "friends" with youth on MySpace. Fairfield police detectives have created a MySpace page with the department's logo on it. They hope MySpace users in the Fa... Another Online Predotor Arrest Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:34:44 CST Baldwin City police arrest another online predator For the second time in a month, the Baldwin City Police Department has arrested an alleged online sexual predator. Police Chief Mike McKenna announced Tuesday that his officers, with the help of Johnson County Sheriff's officers, arrest... 108th arrest for SC Task Force. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:00:29 CST Conway man arrested in sex solicitation case A Conway man was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he solicited sex from Lexington County sheriff's deputies posing online as a 12-year-old girl, according to a news release from the S.C. attorney general's office. William David Lane, 20... Israel Online Arrests Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:56:23 CST Ch. 10 to air sting that netted several pedophiles on Sunday Channel 10 will air Sunday a sting operation it organized that led to the arrest of several men suspected of trying to seduce underage girls online. Over the past week, a team of Channel 10 journalists headed by Dov Gilhar to... Coach arrested for Sexual Indecency Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:51:16 CST Update: Sheridan Coach Arrested For Sexual Indecency With A Minor In a joint effort with Conway police, Shannon Hills Police arrested 58-year old James Randy Gatling. Gatling, a golf coach, was arrested near Sheridan Junior High, where he worked. Gatling could be charged with sexual ind... Arrest In Cyber Sex Sting Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:18:45 CST Man, 51, Arrested In Cyber Sex Sting A Tampa man is under arrest, accused of trying to meet a 7-year-old girl and her mother in Lake County for sex. Investigators said Kenneth G. Miller, 51, began chatting online with the 32-year-old mother, who was actually an undercover agent. Offi... Laptop Chat leads to arrest Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:10:42 CST Lake County deputies arrest man in cyber sting CLERMONT - An Astor man was arrested Sunday when he arrived in Clermont for a sexual rendezvous that he arranged with a Lake County deputy sheriff who was posing online as a 14-year-old girl. James Dziedzic, who used the Internet screen nam... 6 arrested in sting Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:08:07 CST 6 people arrested in online sting BENTONVILLE - Local police officers had their own version of "To Catch A Predator. " Three people were arrested Friday, another on Saturday, and two more on Sunday in an online sting operation that the Gentry Police Department held with the assistance o... Virtual Chat Rooms, Real Criminals Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:44:38 CST Virtual Chat Rooms, Real Criminals; CY4OR helps uncover the evidence to catch online predators With approximately 11.75 million UK household's online, chat rooms and social networking sites are big business, however they carry with them serious risks to vulnerable users. Sites such as Bebo... Modernizing Laws Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:39:39 CST CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch, joined by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, the attorney general and law enforcement officials from across the state, today unveiled the Online Child Safety Act, legislation aimed at providing greater safety for children using the Internet. The Online Child Safety Ac... Death for Sexual Predators Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:32:37 CST Governor Blunt calls for death penalty on sexual predators Governor Matt Blunt speaks at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City to call for more serious penalties for sex offenders. Governor Blunt said "sexual predators in Missouri should be put on notice that if they think they can ... 36 year old Idaho man arrested Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:50:12 CST Idaho man arrested after cyber-sting by undercover cop posing as teen girl Vancouver police officer's actions lead to collar of suspect A cyber-sting by an undercover Vancouver police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl has led to the arrest of an Idaho man. James Bruce Allison of Pos... Cyber Sting Arrest Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:41:57 CST Police arrest Orlando man in cyber sting MINNEOLA - Deputies arrested a 23-year-old Orlando man last night after he traveled to south Lake County to meet with a teen girl for sex, said Lake County Sheriff's Sgt. John Herrell. Brandon L. Wellesley contacted a detective posing as a 14-yea... Man trolled the web for girls Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:08:14 CST [SIZE="4"]Man trolled the web for girls: Cops[/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]Police seek possible victims after undercover sting[/SIZE] His online dating profile says Chris Forcand is a gainfully employed Christian and separated father of two looking for dates with women 18 to 50, but police are allegi... 62 seeking 13, arrested Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:01:33 CST Internet sting arrests man in Jefferson City A Jefferson City man was arrested yesterday as part of an online undercover sting operation by the Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force, including the Boone County Sheriff's Department. Ronald R. Coleman, 62, of 5210 Henwick Lane in Jeffer... 52 propositioning 13 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:00:07 CST Leesburg Businessman Arrested In Child Sex Sting A Leesburg man was arrested Monday in connection with a sting set up by a Pennsylvania child sex predator unit. Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced yesterday that agents from his office's child predator unit had arrested Glen... Man, 32, charged with soliciting kids Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:48:40 CST Man, 32, charged with soliciting kids FRANKLIN -- A Franklin man has been arrested by a police team that pursues online sexual predators. Chad D. Williams, 32, was taken into custody Monday on charges of child solicitation and providing obscene matter and performances before minors. ... Mother lode of data on neighbors Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:45:27 CST Getting to know one another -- at a discreet distance So you've been living in the same house forever. But how much do you really know about your neighbors? If you have access to a computer, the answer may be: more than they'd suspect. Demographers, law enforcement agencies and even ... Chat room arrest Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:35:10 CST Online Investigation Leads to Franklin Man's Arrest HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. - A Franklin man is in the Hamilton County Jail on charges that stemmed from an undercover online investigation. Police arrested 32-year-old Chad Williams of Franklin on Monday on charges of child solicitation and provid... Pornographic webcam arrest Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:31:21 CST Attorney General Corbett Announces Arrest of Virginia Moving Company Executive in 'Internet Child Sex Sting;' 111th Arrest by Child Predator Unit HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator... Arrest in sex-chat sting Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:13:03 CST [SIZE="3"]U.S. man arrested in sex-chat sting ploy, police say Officer posed as underage girl[/SIZE] December 6, 2007 A 36-year-old Idaho man is in custody in the United States and will face federal charges for engaging in sexually explicit chat with someone he thought was a teenaged g... Internet Stalking a child and Indecency Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:12:58 CST Internet predator held in jail following arrest by JCSD On Wednesday, Nov. 28, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit made its second arrest. Sheriff David Lucas and Deputy Rickey Morales traveled to Jonesboro to execute a search warrant on the residen... Unlike others, non-grooming predator Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:09:52 CST Brother: Man sentenced in predator sting molested as child BUNNELL -- Anthony Sorrentino's case is unlike any other from a Flagler Beach sex sting that aired on "Dateline NBC," a detective said Thursday during Sorrentino's sentencing to 17 months in prison. Like the other 20 men arreste... Deputy snared in sting Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:20:43 CST Internet predator sting snares Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy A California sheriff's deputy arrested in a sting operation targeting Internet child predators was charged Tuesday with two felonies for allegedly trying to meet someone whom he thought was a 13-year-old girl for... Two men arrested Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:02:30 CST Attorney General Corbett Announces Arrest of Two Southeastern PA Men in Internet... Attorney General Corbett Announces Arrest of Two Southeastern PA Men in Internet 'Child Sex Stings;' 109th and 110th Arrests by Child Predator Unit PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two S... Targeting of Online Predators Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:45:16 CST Cops Target Online Predators Detectives Join Forces To Protect Colorado Kids JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. -- "It won't happen to my kids," is what most parents tell Senior Detective Mike Harris until a sexual predator approaches their child on the Internet. Harris is in charge of the Child ... 'Stupid and naive' predator Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:16:26 CST 'Stupid and naive' predator gets jail time he deserves If every defendant used the "I committed a crime to see if police were doing their jobs" defense, there would be anarchy and chaos in the streets. Luckily, no jury is dumb enough to fall for that defense, which is one reason pedophi... Internet Sex offenders not deterred Tue, 27 Nov 2007 1:36:40 CST Stings have not deterred Internet sex offenders BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal TUPELO - Paul Bailey was a convenience store clerk from Tupelo, Sean Forge an Air Force pilot from Columbus, and Benjamin Pannell an E911 dispatcher from Booneville. Despite their differences in occup... Internet Luring, 73 seeking 14 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 1:34:29 CST Loveland man charged with Internet luring By Pamela Dickman The Reporter-Herald A Loveland man has been accused in Jefferson County of using the Internet to lure a child. Elmer Eldor Ehlers, 73, was arrested last Tuesday and has been released on $10,000 bond. Court records show ... Man, 61, arranges to meet girl, 14 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 1:31:17 CST Man arrested for online proposition MACOMB COUNTY - A Southfield man was arrested Nov. 19 for arranging over the Internet to have sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl. An officer from the Macomb Area Computer Enforcement team, in the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, was onlin... Girl testifies against accused man Tue, 27 Nov 2007 1:22:12 CST San Jose girl testifies against Saratoga man accused of luring her into sex By Brandon Bailey Mercury News Article Launched: 11/26/2007 03:45:09 PM PST Clutching a blue stuffed animal in the witness box, a San Jose girl testified before a jury on Monday that she met a 22-year-old man on... Only 2% investigated Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:06:21 CST [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkRed"][COLOR="Black"]'PROTECT,' a grassroots organization, reports [COLOR="Red"]only 2 percent of known online sex offenders will ever be investigated[/COLOR].[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] For the article I got this quote from go to [URL="http://kstp.com/article/stories/S267158.sht... Man indicted in alleged sex assault Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:58:56 CST [SIZE="3"]Deli owner indicted in alleged sex assault [/SIZE] The suspect allegedly used extortion on the 14-year-old victim to force him to submit The co-owner of a popular Japanese delicatessen in Kalihi was indicted yesterday by an Oahu grand jury on charges he allegedly sexually assaul... Dark side to the Internet Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:37:34 CST The Secret Lives of Teens Part 3: Internet Predators By: CJ Cassidy There's clearly a dark side to the Internet. Local investigators say it's like the war on drugs. Predators will always look for new ways to lure your children. That's why police say they want you to educate your ... 21-year-old arrested Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:32:24 CST Police Arrest Maryland Man For Alleged Abuse of Local Teen Fulton County authorities say they have arrested a Maryland man for allegedly sexually abusing a local teen. Allen D. Pryor Jr. of Cumberland, Maryland, was arrested today for the alleged abuse of a 16-year-old. Police say the 21-ye... Arrest of 40 year old wanting 14 year old Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:29:49 CST Online sex-sting leads to arrest November 21, 2007 SEMINOLE COUNTY - A Lake Mary man was booked into Seminole County Jail on Tuesday, accused of traveling to visit a teen to have sex with her. For more than two months, Fredrick Daniel Cwik, 40, held sexually explicit conversations thr... Grown Man seeking 12 year old boy?! Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:20:23 CST Crime fighting faces tech challenges Mukilteo police are increasingly facing a different kind of criminal. Not strung out junkies breaking into a car for money to buy drugs, but educated computer users, looking to get easy money or just commit cyber crimes for the thrill of it all. ... Catching a Predator Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:04:05 CST [SIZE="3"]To Catch A South Florida Predator[/SIZE] NBC 6 Special Report FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A college student, a supermarket employee, a Coral Gables businessman -- all busted by a South Florida task force working to catch sex predators online. "Some of them look like the guy next... How to catch an online predator Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:09:15 CST How to catch an online predator IN TRYING to catch creeps who prey on children, Detective Michele Deery has stalked through cyberspace as many different people. She's been a 14-year-old girl and a 55-year-old man. Recently, she posed as the mother of two adolescent daughters who was wil... 52-year-old Man Arrested in Predator Sting Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:39:13 CST 52-year-old Man Arrested in Predator Sting (Columbia) -- Lexington deputies arrested a 52-year-old Elgin man after they say he solicited sex from what he believed to be a 12-year-old girl over the Internet. Attorney General Henry McMaster announced the arrest of 52-year-old James Kennet... TA, Coach, 30, seeking 15 year old?! Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:44:42 CST [SIZE="3"]Teacher's Aide Arrested For Alleged Sex Chat[/SIZE] (CBS4) GOLDEN, Colo. A teacher's aide from Golden was arrested Tuesday for allegedly contacting an investigator with the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office who was posing as an underage girl online. Frank Lee Pierce,... 23 seeking 14 on MySpace; Arrested Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:40:16 CST Police arrest child enticement suspect Boise Police have taken a man into custody, accused of making an attempt to entice a young girl for sex over the Internet. The arrest resulted from an investigation that began Thursday morning with electronic messaging on Myspace.com. Officers rep... Arrest in Internet Sting, 53 seeking 15?! Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:35:13 CST Counselor at Red Hook group home arrest in Internet sting A City of Hudson man, who is employed at a group home for developmentally disabled children and young adults in Red Hook, was arrested Thursday for allegedly engaging in an indecent online conversation with someone he believed was... Omaha is cracking down: another one bites the dust Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:08:15 CST Omaha Man Arrested For Soliciting Children Online Lincoln (KPTM) - An Omaha man has been arrested for attempting to entice an underage girl online. The Nebraska State Patrol says that 26 year-old Michael Bauermeister has been arrested for Enticement by Electronic Communication Device an... 23 year old booked for online enticement Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:05:18 CST Man is arrested in online enticement An Omaha man is accused of attempting to entice an undercover police officer into performing sexual acts and of sending sexually explicit images over the Internet. The man was caught by a La Vista Police Department detective posing as a child, the de... Teacher sentenced to 12 years Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:25:24 CST Child Porn Trader Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison A former George West music teacher has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography. Forty-five-year-old James Mircovich of Ingleside traded sexual images of children as young as 20 months old... Cops and keyboards Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:49:01 CST Cops and keyboards: Finding the facts (and bad guys) online The world of changing technology has crossed over into law enforcement, and officers are relying more and more on computers and the Internet to solve cases. Some officers have attended classes to learn how to do searches with c... UK taskforce taking down online predators Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:46:27 CST U.K. Steps Up Response To Growing Problem Of Predators In April of 2006, the United Kingdom created a unique agency with one goal: to stop child exploitation. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center, or CEOP, is made up of seasoned police officers with specialist experience of ... Pediphiles should all get jail Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:35:04 CST Convicted pedophiles should all get jail, some say: New bill would make Mass. laws more like those in 42 other states BOSTON - Massachusetts will become a magnet for pedophiles unless it follows the example of 42 other states by establishing tougher penalties for sex crimes against childre... Internet Predators Back On The Streets Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:20:30 CST Updated: Internet Predators Back On The Streets "It's very frightening. It was an eye-opener when we started that operation," said Sheridan Police Officer David Holland. Holland is referring to an Internet sting netting 11 would-be sexual predators for Sheridan police earlier this year.... 'Predator' reporter visits, with a warning Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:52:20 CST [SIZE="4"]'Predator' reporter visits, with a warning[/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]Nease High School teens hear NBC's Hansen about the dangers of the Internet.[/SIZE] Experts call them "travelers" and "groomers" because they will go long distances and use guile and slippery online talk to win their wa... Criminals Become More Sophisticated Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:11:16 CST Police: Online Predators Stay Step Ahead Of Law Criminals Become More Sophisticated, Police Say BOSTON -- Online predators are using their potential victims to stay one step ahead of the law, according to a Team 5 investigation. NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu reported Tuesday that online pred... Internet Predators Getting No Prison Time! Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:13:40 CST [SIZE="4"]Some SC Internet Predators Getting No Prison Time[/SIZE] One doesn't even have to be on Sex Offender Registry South Carolina's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force passed an important milestone last week when it arrested its 100th Internet predator soliciting children on ... The finacial costs of online predators Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:55:09 CST More resources to be devoted to online stings: Additional officer will be trained Over the past year, the Washington County Sheriff's Office spent more than $3,500 on online sexual predator investigations. The operation has resulted in four arrests and the figure includes $726 that w... HIV+ Boy Scout Leader gets 16-20 years Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:04:14 CST HIV-Positive Boy Scout Leader Sentenced For Sex With Teen Man Sentenced To 16 To 40 Years Former Boy Scout troop leader David Mayberry was sentenced for having unprotected sex with a 14-year-old boy. Mayberry, 52, committed the crime knowing he was HIV-positive. A teary Mayberry cr... Potential predators caught by Dateline Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:58:54 CST Potential predators in Petaluma A new investigation, a new set-up (in the backyard), and more men caught on camera in a town already home to two high-profile predator cases [I]TRANSCRIPT[/I] Dateline is in the town of Petaluma, Calif. where two high-profile predator cases made nationa... School bus driver arrested, soliciting 14-year-old online Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:23:37 CST Online sting leads to arrest of man who allegedly sought sex A part-time school bus driver was arrested Friday and charged with several counts of unlawful contact with a minor for allegedly soliciting sex over the Internet from an undercover officer who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. ... deputy arrested in child predator sting Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:00:25 CST LA sheriff's deputy arrested in child predator sting HAWTHORNE, Calif.-An off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been arrested in an Internet child predator sting in Hawthorne. Police say Carson station Deputy Joseph Carlos thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl he contacte... Man tried to meet an underage girl Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:50:19 CST Man faces sex charges Officials: Jesus Morales Jr. tried to meet an underage girl who was actually an agent. Nov 9, 2007 - Chatting on the Internet with who he thought was an underage girl, a York man arranged to meet her for sex and sent the girl photos of his penis, according to court d... 50 year old nabbed, wanted sex with underage girl Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:58:24 CST Oxnard man arrested in Colorado sex predator sting An Oxnard man caught in a sting meant to catch Internet sexual predators was being held in a Colorado jail this week, authorities said. Carl Michael Pfaff, 50, of Oxnard was arrested Friday in CaÃ±on City, Colo., after he allegedly trav... Prowling for Sex Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:55:53 CST Prowling for Sex The chat begins innocently enough, with the man asking the girl's name. Then he asks what her hobbies are and tells her she's pretty or sexy. It is easy to see how a young girl might think the attention is flattering and innocent: It's just a chat. Then the questions get m... Rabbi Caught In 'Dateline' Online Predator Sting Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:11:48 CST Rabbi Caught In 'Dateline' Online Predator Sting 19 Area Men Appear In 'Dateline' Sex Predator Story POTOMAC, Md. -- A rabbi from Potomac and a Prince George's County special education teacher have lost their jobs after getting caught up in a "Dateline NBC" investigation about Internet pr... Jacksonville Man Arrested in Internet Sex Predator Sting Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:05:17 CST Jacksonville Man Arrested in Internet Sex Predator Sting TALLAHASEE, FL -- Authorities arrested a Jacksonville man accused of planning to meet an underage girl for sex. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested 55-year-old Jerry Leon outside a convenience store in Tallahassee W... Online Nightmare: SC Mother Shares Her Story Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:01:17 CST Online Nightmare: SC Mother Shares Her Story By Holly Bounds Imagine telling your child "good-night", then waking up to find their bed empty. They vanished and you don't even know where to start looking. It's a parent's worst nightmare that came true for a South Carolina mother who thou... Man sent to prison for lewdness with child Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:11:52 CST Fallon man sent to prison for lewdness with child A Fallon man who pleaded guilty to meeting a 13-year-old girl in California before taking her back to Fallon and having sexual relations with her in June 2006 was sentenced to prison Tuesday morning. Brady James Drayton, 23, showed littl... Arrest in Net sex predator sting Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:59:35 CST Arrest in Net sex predator sting CaÃ±on City police have arrested a California man in an Internet sex predator sting - the department's 13th such arrest this year. Police arrested Carl Michael Pfaff, 50, of Oxnard, Calif., on Friday after he traveled to CaÃ±on City intending to have se... To Catch a Predator hits the streets of Huntsville Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:58:00 CST To Catch a Predator hits the streets of Huntsville WAFF 48's To Catch a Predator hit up Huntsville once again, looking for five sex offenders who police say are breaking the law. Robert Earl Little is no stranger to the WAFF 48 airwaves. Little sexually abused a five-year-old girl in M... Pervert fails in appeal bid Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:54:05 CST Pervert fails in appeal bid A CCTV salesman caught in the act of performing a vile sex act in front of a young girl via a webcam has failed to persuade appeal court judges his sentence was too harsh. Giovanni Abbondandolo, of Salisbury Avenue, Heywood, received a 15-month sentence at Wo... Two men arrested for propostitioning 13-year-old Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:45:51 CST Internet sex sting Two men were arrested Wednesday by the state attorney general's Child Predator Unit, both accused of sexually propositioning who they thought were young girls. According to the attorney general's office, Robert Waldroup, 35, of 120 Railroad St., Hilliards, in Butler C... 100th Arrest for Internet Predator Task Force Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:43:04 CST Internet Predator Task Force Makes 100th Arrest (Columbia) -- Attorney General Henry McMaster says a task force he helped create has arrested 100 people suspected of soliciting children for sex over the Internet. The hundredth arrest came Monday, after 53-year-old Samuel Hugh Wilds, Jr.... Soldier Arrested in Internet Predator Sting Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:23:05 CST Soldier Training at Ft. Jackson Arrested in Internet Predator Sting Columbia) - According to the Attorney Generals Office, a soldier, who was temporarily assigned to Fort Jackson for training, is in custody tonight after an Internet predator sting. 31-year-old Darnell Dickerson of Color... Cops: Online, on duty Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:10:50 CST Cops: Online, on duty Officers are using the power of the Internet to fight crime by mining websites like Facebook and programs like 'Second Life' for clues. ARLINGTON, Va. -- Raise your hand if you've heard of Second Life, police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement ... Children and Online Sexual Predators. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:56:16 CST Children and Online Sexual Predators. A sexual predator sits in a chatroom, waiting for the right child to enter. The child does. They always do. Thirteen years old, the young girl chats happily about her school, her softball team and her music. The sexual predator reaches out, "I love ___... Are You Smarter Than an Online Predator? Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:47:39 CST Are You Smarter Than an Online Predator Targeting A 5th Grader? By 'Bayo Akinola-Odusola Here's Your First Test If you feel your child is the victim of an online predator and you want to take steps now to break that link you'll need to get involved with your kid's online activities. Yo... Beware of Online Predators Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:39:26 CST Beware of Online Predators By Rick Leventhal MySpace.com has taken a lot of heat lately, after a number of documented instances of men chatting up young girls on the social networking site, arranging to meet them in person, then sexually molesting them. This is obviously a very serious p... Teens sexually harassed online Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:08:31 CST Aussie teens sexually harassed online By BARNEY ZWARTZ - The Age \| Monday, 5 November 2007 More than a third of teenage girls in Australia have been sexually harassed via the internet, and more than a quarter admit cyber-bullying other girls, according to a new survey released yesterday. ... Busting Online Sexual Predators Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:48:17 CST Busting Online Sexual Predators Soliciting sex online. Predators do it everyday and they're targeting young internet users. High tech crime teams work around the clock to bust predators and here's how they do it. They pose online in normal chat rooms that anyone would visit and then wai... Cop confesses to inappropriate behavior online Tue, 6 Nov 2007 1:03:31 CST Cop confesses to inappropriate behavior online Hartford (WTNH)_ It was a routine hearing in federal court until the suspect, Officer Darren Seligman, of the East Windsor Police Department, stood up and spoke - completely against the advice of his attorney. "It's a clear admission of gui... Sexual Predator Lures Teen To Fisherman's Wharf Tue, 6 Nov 2007 0:49:50 CST Sexual Predator Lures Teen To Fisherman's Wharf SAN FRANCISCO -- A registered sex offender was in custody Monday after he was found over the weekend on San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf with a missing 15-year-old Sacramento girl who police believe he met on a telephone party line. ... Politically Motivated Investigation Ruse to Hide Record of Failure Tue, 6 Nov 2007 0:46:15 CST Blunt Calls Democrats' Politically Motivated Investigation Ruse to Hide Record of Failure WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today after the House Judiciary Committee produced a politically motivated re... Man arrested twice, will they never learn?! Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:45:11 CST Connecticut Internet Predator Joseph Cote Pleads Guilty The FBI announced that Joseph Cote entered a guilty plea in New Haven, Connecticut, for one count of trying to persuade a minor into sexual activity and one count of possession of child pornography. Joseph Cote is a fifty two year old... Trail for Predator's caught by Nightline Sting Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:38:25 CST Man nabbed in child sex sting goes on trial Accused of trying to meet minor for sex in 2006 at Harris home The second of three men who wants a trial on charges of traveling to Harris County with the intent to have sex with an underage girl is scheduled for court today. Marvin Harrison ... Father, Attoney, Predator Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:31:27 CST Predator hearing leads to bust COLUMBUS - Lt. Jeff Braley, of the Hamilton Township Police Department, went to the State House this morning to urge senators to be tougher on online sexual predators. He made his point when he left the committee hearing abruptly to help arrest a New Alba... Cop poses as teenager, predator faces 16 years Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:27:41 CST Cop posing as teenage girl leads to arrest of internet predator Brooklyn - Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes Friday announced the arrest of Steven Delgatto, 23, for attempting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet, who was actually an undercover KCDA Detecti... Scary examples of online threats Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:23:40 CST Kids, parents told scary examples of online threats PART OF PUSH TO CURB CHILD EXPLOITATION By Jim Warren In as little as 20 minutes, an online predator can target a teenage girl in an Internet chat room and, by mining information readily available online, learn her name, her parents' ... Attoney General Outs Internet Pedophiles Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:17:54 CST Gonzales Outs Internet Pedophiles, Seeks Tough Penalties United States attorney general Alberto Gonzales called upon residents to protect their children from an "epidemic" of child pornography and the proliferation of pedophiles prowling the Internet. "It is not an exaggeration to say ... Detective's beat: online sexual predators Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:45:49 CST [I]You must read this to the end! A little humor in a sick world.[/I] Detective Fletcher's beat: online sexual predators By Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent \| November 4, 2007 Most of what he's typing are one-word responses - "cool," "wow," and "ya" - but actually, Norfolk Police ... Global Pedophile Ring Is Broken Up Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:19:50 CST 700 Pedophile Suspects Identified as Global Ring Is Broken Up LONDON, June 18 (AP) - A team of international investigators infiltrated an Internet chat room used by pedophiles who streamed live videos of children being raped, rescuing 31 children and identifying more than 700 suspects wor... Pedophiles Extend Their Reach Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:16:05 CST On the Web, Pedophiles Extend Their Reach Philip Jenkins, of Penn State, who wrote a book about Internet child pornography, says that pedophiles often create alternative realities to justify their behavior. In April, with summer fast approaching, both groups of online friends chatted ... Online Child Molesters Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:10:57 CST Online Child Molesters by Jen Stadler The wonderful new technologies associated with the Internet can also introduce new dangers for children. Accessing the Internet creates a link with millions of people and is like posting information in any public place. Unfortunately there are people ... Analysis of Crimes Against Children Via the Internet Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:33:43 CST [I]I found this a very interesting read.[/I] The Internet: A Breeding Ground for Online Pedophiles An In Depth Analysis of Crimes Against Children Via the Internet By: Robert B. Fried, BS, MS Have you ever had the opportunity to watch a youngster play on the computer? It.s amazing ... Fighting To Hunt Predators Online Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:26:21 CST Fighting To Hunt Predators Online Congress Hears Firsthand Reasons To Fund Online Child Safety (CBS) Six years ago Alicia Kozakiewicz lived through what she says was nothing less than hell. "I am that 13-year-old girl who was lured by an Internet predator, transported across state ... Arrest in sex sting Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:04:59 CDT Former FSU employee arrested in sex sting A former employee of Florida State University has been arrested after authorities say he solicited sex from children online. Charles S. Faris III, 54, was a financial aid officer from March 2006 to late August 2007, said Scott Wright, a human re... Cyber-Predator Suspect Arrested in Brooklyn Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:00:31 CDT Cyber-Predator Suspect Arrested in Brooklyn BROOKLYN - Detectives from the Kings County District Attorney's Office have arrested a 23-year-old Brooklyn man they suspect of having sexually explicit Internet conversations with an undercover detective he believed to be an underage girl. Ac... Man charged with trying to solicit teen sex online Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:38:56 CDT Man charged with trying to solicit teen sex online MERCER COUNTY - The case against a Mercer man police say tried to solicit 13-year-old girls for sex using an Internet chat room is headed to Mercer County Court of Common Pleas. Charges against Christopher Lee Glaister, 29, of 200 Qu... Craigslist Slaying Spotlights Need For Online Safety Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:17:36 CDT Craigslist Slaying Spotlights Need For Online Safety The murder of a young woman answering a job ad on Craigslist is a sad reminder of potential danger when people connect online and subsequently meet up in the real world. Reports from The Associated Press indicate that the victim, 23-y... Craigslist Slay Victim Remembered Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:15:14 CDT Craigslist Slay Victim Remembered Almost 1,400 People Mourn Minn. Woman Who Was Lured By Babysitter Ad Then Murdered (CBS/AP) To the people who loved her, Katherine Ann Olson was "the girl who looked like sunshine" - a funny, high-spirited 24-year-old who loved to perform and needed just ... Man Admits Using Internet To Engage In Sex With A Minor Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:58:41 CDT ENFIELD MAN ADMITS USING INTERNET TO ENGAGE IN SEX WITH A MINOR, POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY [I]Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOSEPH COTE, 52, of Enfield, Connecticut, pleaded guilty on Friday, October 19, before United Sta... Arrested On Internet Sex Offenses Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:48:12 CDT Milford Man Arrested On Internet Sex Offenses (CINCINNATI) -- Another arrest has been made on a man thinking he was meeting a juvenile he met online, but was actually meeting a juvenile. The Regional and Electronic Computer Investigations (RECI) arrested Donald R. Goodin, 21, of Milford... Caught grooming third online victim for sex Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:45:16 CDT Student was caught grooming his third online victim for sex Lee Costi, 21, a media student, was grooming his third online victim for sex when he was caught after an e-mail was sent to the police. His planned victim, a 14-year-old girl, sent the e-mail to officials detailing her concerns... UGA Student Nabbed in Online Sex Sting Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:34:08 CDT UGA Student Nabbed in Online Sex Sting A Peachtree City police officer posing online as a 15-year-old girl resulted in the arrest of a University of Georgia student, authorities said. Joseph Carroll was taken into custody last Friday after he traveled to Peachtree City for what he thoug... Man arrested from online sting Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:31:33 CDT Police arrest man in online sex sting Police arrested a Milton Mills man Friday after he was allegedly caught on an online sex sting. Christian Schneider, 26, of 350 Willey Road, Milton Mills, was arrested Friday morning after he traveled to Hudson to allegedly meet with a juvenile for ... Coach jailed for online sex crimes Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:28:39 CDT Ex-Susquehannock coach jailed for online sex crimes A former Susquehannock High School volleyball coach is now in Luzerne County Prison, serving time for trying to engage in a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old "girl" he met over the Internet. Christopher Martin Gilbert, 24, of Gl... Man Held On Sex Charges Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:25:16 CDT Man Held On Sex Charges Was Arrested In Canon City, Colo. A Norwich man is facing charges in Canon City, Colo., after police said he took a trip there to have sex with a child. Christopher S. Bates, 40, went to Canon City Saturday to meet a woman who agreed to allow him to have sex wit... Two area men arrested in online sex sting Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:18:22 CDT Two area men arrested in online sex sting A 49-year-old Daytona Beach man and a 47-year-old Deltona man were arrested today after both thought they had arranged sexual encounters with minor teenagers but were actually caught up in an online sex sting, authorities said. Both men were nab... Another Online predator arrested Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:16:27 CDT Police arrest online predator suspect A suspected online predator from southern Indiana is in custody in Hamilton County today, accused of child solicitation and video sex acts. William G. Russell, 57, Derby, was being held in the Hamilton County Jail in Noblesville pending an initial ... Online sex sting snags Conn. man Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:14:23 CDT [I]This is just Sick! I have found half a dozen articles about pervs interested in this. Four articles can be found on [URL="http://www.wpbf.com/news/14489062/detail.html"]WPBF[/URL][/I] Online sex sting snags Conn. man Police say he flew to Colorado to meet and have sex with a mom and 9-year... City worker guilty in online sex sting Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:58:37 CDT City worker guilty in online sex sting Tribune staff report November 2, 2007 CHICAGO - A city of Chicago worker was convicted Thursday of soliciting someone he believed to be a 15-year-old boy in an online chat room for a lewd sex act. Terrence Sheahan, an electrical engineer for ... Lawyer in online sex sting Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:54:19 CDT COLUMBUS LAWYER $50,000 bail set in online sex sting Friday, November 2, 2007 6:15 AM By Bruce Cadwallader THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Law officers knew months ago that a Columbus lawyer using the online screen name "mentslaw" was trolling the Internet for sex with a teenager. They just di... Online sex offenders are arrested Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:49:48 CDT Online sex offenders are arrested Investigators with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes and Fugitive Units arrested 14 convicted sex offenders who illegally created profiles on the Web site MySpace.com. After receiving a subpoena from Attorney General Abbott earlier this ... Authorities slow to monitor Spanish-language Web sites Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:46:48 CDT Authorities slow to monitor Spanish-language Web sites By ROSA RAMIREZ Staff Writer Pierson teen Victor Galarza's parents warned him to stay away from pornography when he uses the family laptop to surf Spanish-language Web sites like Univision.com. Schoolmate Antonio Rodriguez says hi... FBI catches a predator Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:21:22 CDT FBI catches a Safford predator in LA By Jon Johnson Assistant Editor What could be a segment on the popular “To Catch A Predator” series on the show “Dateline NBC” is a stark reality for one Safford man. Carmel A. Tello, 49, was arrested in Los Angeles by Federal Bu... Ex-cop internet child sex predator Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:18:38 CDT Call to jail ex-cop internet child sex predator AVIN LOWER, COURT REPORTER October 31, 2007 02:00pm THE internet had become a playground for children and those caught using it to entice them into sexual activity should be jailed, a court was told today. Crown prosecutor Peter Salu c... Guilty plea in online stings Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:13:27 CDT Men enter guilty plea in online stings Debbie Bell The Daily Record Three men arrested for online solicitation of sex with a minor entered separate guilty pleas in District Court on Wednesday. All three men were arrested by the Fremont County Combined Investigative Response Team fol... Predator Had Explicit Talk With 'Teen' For Months Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:09:57 CDT Police: Predator Had Explicit Talk With 'Teen' For Months Man Faces Child Solicitation, Pornography Charges YORKTOWN, Ind. -- An Indiana man who thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl on the Internet faces child solicitation charges because the "teen" was actually a Massachusetts po... Predators Who Travel Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:36:19 CDT Predators Who Travel You no longer need to worry about the child molesters just in your own community. Sex offenders are now traveling across the country, hoping to prey on young children. The predators that have traveled to Michigan recently - thinking they're going to abuse chi... Disney Worker Accused Of Soliciting Underage Sex Online Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:32:51 CDT Disney Worker Accused Of Soliciting Underage Sex Online LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- Michael Bott Junior, 27, a Disney employee, was arrested Friday night. Lake County investigators said the father of four tried to arrange to meet someone, whom he believed was a 14 year old girl. Bott is accuse... Internet Predator Accused Of Rape Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:25:45 CDT Alleged Child Internet Predator Accused Of Rape We've heard the story before, Arkansas men arrested and charged with crimes against children. Detectives say sometimes they're able to catch an online predator before a sexual act occurs, but they're not always that lucky. Conway ... Internet predator sting Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:10:35 CDT SPD makes arrests in Internet predator sting operation An alleged child predator is behind bars today in Sulphur after attempting to meet with what he thought was a 14-year-old female at Frasch Park. Eugene Wilson, 67, of Gonzales is being charged with Computer Aided Solicitation of a... Web predators from many backgrounds Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:47:30 CDT Web predators come from many backgrounds It could be anyone. In the past 33 months, agents of the state Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested 91 men -- many accused of prowling the Internet to solicit sex with children. They include doctors, police officers, teachers, col... Combating Online Child Porn Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:38:35 CDT Orlando unit will combat online child porn Local crime-fighting unit in to take aim at online onslaught The arrests range from a 21-year-old University of Central Florida student to a 64-year-old Hillsborough County park ranger. The charges against them: possessing hundreds -- someti... Bait for Web predators Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:35:59 CDT Detectives set bait for Web predators TAVARES - In a small room on the third floor of the Lake County Sheriff's Office, two detectives sit behind computers with an unsettling task -- to search for sexual predators who stalk children in cyberspace. Detectives Chris Loyko and James Va... Teen's Dad's Warning Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:33:30 CDT Kidnapped teen's dad: 'Watch your children' October 4, 2007 The Polk County father said his daughter never acted suspiciously. The 15-year-old never flipped screens as she surfed the Web on the family computer. When he read over her shoulder, he thought the online conversations were with... Two Predators Caught Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:23:55 CDT LEACH catches two predators; Clewiston Police Department arrests men CLEWISTON -- For the umpteenth time, the Clewiston Police Department and its LEACH Task Force have directly helped to put possible sexual predators behind bars. Using the Internet as a tool, area cops scour chat rooms ... Fiend stole a girl's innocence Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:20:45 CDT How a flabby fiend stole a girl's innocence LIAM HOULIHAN Crime reporter October 21, 2007 12:00am The girl was only 14. She thought her suitor was a teenage boy. Then it descended into a hell of sexual abuse at the hands of one of Australia's most conniving predators. â€¢ Bewa... Catching Predators on TV Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:18:30 CDT 'To Catch a Predator' III [I]Dateline's ongoing hidden camera investigation into computer sex predators--grown men, trolling the Web for sex with minors. This time, police are making arrests[/I] SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - A month ago, Dateline launched its third investigation into a growing na... Dr. charged with attempted child molestation Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:53:28 CDT Doctor will go to trial based on TV sting Oncologist charged with attempted child molestation after being snared on NBC's 'To Catch a Predator' SANTA ROSA -- However loose police may have played it, however hard the leader of an anti-pedophile group prodded Dr. Maurice Wolin online, wha... New tool to target child predators Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:38:35 CDT Anchorage police get new tool to target child predators Associated Press - October 8, 2007 1:54 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Cases of child pornography are on the rise in Alaska. And police say they are falling behind in their efforts to catch child predators who are using the Internet... Cyberspace challenges parents Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:30:07 CDT Predator watch: Cyberspace challenges parents By Jason Saenz Adults must work at staying up with their children's technology in order to protect them from online predators, according to a speaker at George Junior High School. Detective Mark Middleton of the Martin County Sheriff's ... Alicia Kozakiewicz's warning Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:26:54 CDT Teen's message: Beware of online predators The FBI found Alicia Kozakiewicz far from home in 2002, cowering in a bedroom in suburban Washington, D.C. She had a collar around her neck. She was secured to the floor with a chain. Her ordeal had been unimaginable. But Kozakiew... man charged as online sexual predator Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:11:36 CDT Sandy Hook man charged as online sexual predator BATON ROUGE - A Sandy Hook, Miss., man was among four suspected online sexual predators arrested last week, according to a press release from the office of Attorney General Charles Foti Jr. According to the release, undercover operations ... How Predators Groom Vulnerable Children Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:43:23 CDT Alyssa Frank Case Shows How Predators Groom Vulnerable Children By David Lohr BARTOW, Fla. (Crime Library) - Although 15-year-old Alyssa Frank has been found alive and seemingly unharmed, a nationwide manhunt is still underway for 46-year-old William Joe "Billy Mitch" Mitchell, a convic... 14 Sex Offenders on MySpace Arrested Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:35:20 CDT Texas Rounds Up 14 Sex Offenders on MySpace Convicted offenders illegally created profiles on social networking site October 10, 2007 Investigators with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes and Fugitive Units have arrested 14 previously convicted sex offenders who illegal... Police charge man in online sex sting Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:20:31 CDT Police charge man in online sex sting AVON - Avon police have charged a 40-year-old man who allegedly believed he was meeting up with a 15-year-old girl for sex. Charles T. Milhous Jr., 40, of Garfield Heights, was charged with importuning, attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor... Online Victim Never Had A Chance Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:04:03 CDT Online Victim Say's She Never Had A Chance CBS4) WASHINGTON This past September Alicia Kozakiewicz shared a traumatic story. She was abducted by a predator and held hostage as his sex slave for days. Now she's sharing the heartbreaking details with congress, telling politicians how easily ... Interpol searches for masked predator Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:01:19 CDT Technology lifts the mask that it gave to online predators Published: Monday, October 15, 2007 When Interpol digitally recreated an altered image of a suspected pedophile and released it to the world, it made some people nervous -- and not only the suspect. Even Anders Persson, a Swe... 7 Sexual Predators Arrested Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:45:54 CDT NBC's "To Catch a Predator" Sting Proves Successful in Small Kentucky Town 7 Sexual Predators Arrested According to a recently published Kentucky.gov press release, Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced that a total of 7 sexual predators were caught and arrested in a child sex... Dad fights predators Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:42:52 CDT Dad fights predators who prey on teens By ALIYA FELDMAN Leader staff writer For many teenagers, MySpace pages are necessary for fitting in with their tech-savvy friends, but anything posted on social networking sites like Xanga and Facebook can be viewed by sexual predators, said Ri... Case Highlights Internet Threats to Kids Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:38:02 CDT Rape Case Highlights Internet Threats to Kids Oswego (WSYR-TV) - A rape suspect, accused of traveling from Tenessee to Oswego to have sex with a 14-year-old, is back in his home state, wearing an ankle bracelet that tracks his every move. FBI agents are checking to see whether the 20-year... Police Arrest Predator Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:20:18 CDT Police Arrest Accused Online Child Sex Predator DORAL (CBS4 News) ― The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested a South Florida man for trying to solicit sex from a child over the internet. According to officers from the Sexual Crimes Bureau, 48-year old Luciano Suarez lured wha... Men charged in online child predator sting Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:00:23 CDT 2 Volusia men charged in online child predator sting By PATRICIO G. BALONA Two Volusia County men were arrested within hours of each other Wednesday in separate undercover child predator sex stings, a Florida Attorney General's Office spokeswoman said. In the first sting Wednesday morning... ONLINE paedos are using a virtual world to act out their sick sexual fantasies with y Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:24:38 CDT According to a Sky investigation, child abusers are using a seedy area in virtual world Second Life called "Wonderland" to act out their fantasies. Reporter Jason Farrell - who created his own character to investigate - said: "Wonderland is a virtual children's playground where paedophiles cruis... Fighting To Hunt Predators Online Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:26:07 CDT Congress Hears Firsthand Reasons To Fund Online Child Safety (CBS) Six years ago Alicia Kozakiewicz lived through what she says was nothing less than hell. "I am that 13-year-old girl who was lured by an Internet predator, transported across state lines to Virginia - in fact not... Cop haunted by world of Internet predators Mon, 29 Oct 2007 0:33:28 CDT CATCHING CRIMINALS: Flint Waters, a US criminal investigator, is one of many licensed investigators around the world trying to put child predators behind bars In a normal working day, US criminal investigator Flint Waters will surf the Internet, chat online with someone whose acquaintance... Myspace, Facebook attract online predators** Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:09:23 CDT Several times a day, Olivia Walker, a California high school sophomore, logs on to a Web site called MySpace.com to keep up with her friends. "Walker is among the more than 40 million users of MySpace. Their postings are part diary, part photo album, with gossip, favorite music, pet peeves - some...