Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday – Issue 41
Here is another round-up of predators arrested within the last week. There are only two here, but what is very important to see and realize is that BOTH stories involve REAL kids… kids that met older guys online (on MySpace) and voluntarily went to meet them in real life.
- A 60-year-old movie producer in Hollywood was arrested for molesting a 15-year-old girl he met on MySpace when she was 14. They had oral sex multiple times. So… you have to assume, the girl consented more than once…
- A 24-year-old college student in Colorado was arrested for molesting a minor he met on MySpace. The girl told the cops and on a second visit, the perp was arrested.
These are two HUGE primary examples of why it is essential to monitor your child’s online activity. You don’t know who they are talking, and in many cases they DO know who they are talking to and they are compliant with risky sexual behavoir. But if you have PC Pandora monitoring software on your computer, you will be able to see the activvity before it’s too late!
Here are the full stories and links
Apr 23, 2009
Producer Allegedly Molested Teen He Met On MySpace“Mustang Sally” producer Iren Koster was accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl he met on MySpace when she was 14.
Koster, 60, of Beverly Hills, was charged with two felony counts each of lewd acts on a child and oral copulation of a minor, Orange County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Farrah Emami said.
If convicted, Koster faces up to five years in prison. He is free on $20,000 bail.
After meeting Jane Doe on MySpace, he allegedly engaged in online conversations several times a week for months on Instant Messenger that include sexual conversations, Emami said.
Between Jan. 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2008, he allegedly met with the girl, who had turned 15, on four occasions and engaged in oral copulation with her at her home and in his car, Emami said.
Koster was producer and director of “Mustang Sally” in 2006 and “Invisible Kids” in 2004. He also acted in several films, including “Tina Gets Her Man” in 1998 and “Falling in Love Again” in 1980.
April 25, 2009
CSU student arrested in MySpace sex assault
By Trevor HughesA CSU business administration student was arrested Thursday in Boulder County after a juvenile girl he met via MySpace accused him of sexually assaulting her.
According to Lafayette police Cmdr. Mark Battersby, Mohammed Alsukairi, 24, was arrested after allegedly driving from Fort Collins to Lafayette on Thursday believing he was going to meet with the girl again. Battersby said Alsukairi told police he was a CSU student; a man of that name is listed in the CSU student directory.
According to arrest records, Alsukairi is being held in the Boulder County Jail without bond on a single count of sexual assault on a child. He is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, but a legal resident of the United States, according to Boulder County jail records.
Battersby declined to release any information identifying the girl, but said she reported to a middle-school counselor that she was assaulted March 31. Battersby said police worked with the girl and her family to investigate the case and, with their help, persuaded Alsukairi to drive to Lafayette.
“He drove down from Fort Collins to meet with her again, or at least that is what he was probably thinking,” Battersby said. “We arrested him.”
Battersby said the girl told police she and Alsukairi met via MySpace, trading electronic messages and ultimately talking on the phone. The two agreed to meet, Battersby said, and Alsukairi picked up the girl at her house and drove her to a nearby parking lot where he allegedly assaulted her inside his sedan.
“They meet … at which time the alleged sexual assault occurred,” Battersby said. “It was definitely not consensual.”
In a statement, CSU spokeswoman Dell Rae Moellenberg said CSU officials were still gathering information about the arrest and declined to specify what sanctions or other actions the university might take against Alsukairi. CSU has the power to ban people from campus even if they have not been convicted of a crime.
“In cases such as this, the university may exercise the right to temporarily suspend a student and prohibit his or her presence on campus through an exclusionary order, pending the final outcome of the student judicial process,” Moellenberg said.
