Louisiana Vs. Online Predators
This week in Louisiana, more than 100 law enforcement officials attended the Southwest Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Seminar from all across the state.
Attorney General Charles Foti hosted the event to educate police and others on the dangers lurking on the Internet. The seminar’s other purpose was to unite police and other authorities against predators who use the Internet to target children.
A very good article by Kyle Jackson of The Daily Advertiser here.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Luke Walker of Louisiana’s Western District cited (at the seminar and in the article) a recent case involving a Baton Rouge police officer who was arrested and charged with Internet enticement in Lake Charles for allegedly attempting to solicit sex with a 14-year-old girl over the Internet. He was convicted and is looking at a prison sentence of 30 years.
Walker mentioned another case, in which police searched the home of an accused Internet sexual predator and found he’d been talking with more than 1,300 minors online before being arrested.
For people in Louisiana:
· In 2006, there were 100 arrests in your state in connection with Internet sex crimes related to minors…
· In 2005, there were 52 alleged Internet predators arrested…
· According to numbers from the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry Web site, there are 7,000 registered sex offenders in Louisiana…
… and many of them lurk online every day!!!
Yet another reson we recommend using monitoring software like our PC Pandora!
