28 Sickos Caught in Florida – Next Dateline “Predator” segment!
Over the weekend, 28 sicko pervert wackjobs were arrested when they showed up to a house in Orlando Florida, hoping to have sex with (people) whom they believed to be boy and girls, ages 13 and 14.
You can read a story here and watch video here.
Ok… so let’s think about this and how it relates to your kids…
THANKFULLY, and I can’t stress that enough, there were no actual children harmed in the incident. “Operation 15 Minutes,” as it was dubbed, was set up by Perverted Justice, a California-based, nonprofit organization and the Orlando Police Department’s Computer Crimes Unit.
It gets better though, turns out that when the guys showed up, adult actors who looked the part of 12-to-15-year-old boys or girls greeted them at the door and took them inside. And then Chris Hansen, host of the “Dateline NBC” series “To Catch a Predator”, confronted them. The show filmed the encounters for a segment it plans to air in July.
Of course all the men were arrested, so there are now 28 less threats online. YAY!
But let’s look at these threats: there was a school bus driver, an Air Force mechanic, a lifeguard, an engineer, a court administrator, a pizza maker… and even THREE Disney employees (not necessarily workers at the theme parks). That is just some. The list reads like a list of common Joe Schmoes… And that is often what these online predators end up being.
The fact that these sickos came from 5 states – New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and as far as Washington State! – illustrates the fact that online sex-offenders take their hobby seriously.
I mean, think about that. These guys wanted so bad – and thought they really had the chance – to have sex with young teens, that they took time off work, bought a plane ticket, rented a car, and traveled across the country…
Ridiculous.
Again, no kids were harmed, but this clearly illustrates the need to talk to your kids and be aware of their online activities. Watch what they do, be aware of their friends and connections online… These guys are out there and they do NOT have your child’s best interest in mind.
But it also leads to a second, potentially bigger issue -> Why do these guys think they can have sex with teens? Why do they think they have a shot…? The answer is, simply, because some teens are actually doing just that.
But I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow…
Thoughts on this story?
