Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday
I have to start making this a regular thing…
From NBC 30 in Hartford CT:
Man Thought He Was Meeting Girl For Sex
A 44-year-old East Windsor (CT) man was arrested, accused of trying to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex.
Meriden police arrested Steve Warren Thursday (May 8th) after a group that works with law enforcement to prosecute online predators contacted the department, police said.
Police said the teenager Warren thought he was chatting with online was an adult member of Perverted Justice, which also works with “Dateline NBC” to catch online predators. When detectives arrived at the location Perverted Justice provided, Warren was there, police said.
Warren was charged with criminal attempt to commit risk of injury to a minor, second-degree criminal attempt to commit sex assault and criminal attempt to entice a minor.
Warren was held on a $100,000 bond and scheduled to appear in court in Meriden Friday, police said.
The special crimes unit is investigating.
OK, clearly this guy is a sicko… yes. There is no question there. But what is this? Perverted Justice now does the whole operation on their own and then calls the police? WTF?!
You know, they have been accused of and found guilty of entrapment before. Police should really require PJ to include law enforcement on ALL proceedings… otherwise I guarantee they will bend the rules a bit to catch guys, i.e. turning the tables and luring them to the house (rather than the sickos going willfully and enthusiastically).
Anyway, glad another one was caught, I just wish law enforcement was involved the whole way and that it wasn’t an entire ‘private bounty hunter’ type situation.
And parents, there may be one less creep trolling the Net, but that doesn’t mean they are all gone. Make sure you know whom your kids are talking to. Use monitoring software like PC Pandora version 5 to monitor computer activity of the teens and young surfers in your house!
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 AM
this guy is a sicko…he lives in my town and my family and i have always have gotten that vibe about him…but hes not “gone” he still as 45 years old has a myspace and i still see him around.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Hah… not that that is funny – but your post is awesome! Thanks!