Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday #62
Still need proof that these guys do exist? Check out the three stories below. It should be enough to make you realize your kids aren’t as safe as you think they are…
But our PC Pandora can help you keep them safe. What better way to keep them safe than to know what they do and who they talk to?
- A 41-year-old man in Indiana met a 17-year-old girl on MySpace and started sending her pornography. Thankfully, she was smart enough to alert authorities… BUT, the man tried and was in contact with an actual girl…
- A man in Georgia was arrested in an online sting operation after trying to solicit what he thought was a 16-year-old girl for sex online.
- A 51-year-old Indiana man was arrested on one count of statutory rape and one count of statutory sex offense of a teenager. The man met the young girl online and fostered a relationship with her… enough to where she CONSENTED to having sex with him!
Here are the full stories with links
October 02, 2009
ISP: Man sends sexual MySpace content to minor
By Noah StubbsPIKE CO., IN (WFIE) – Indiana State Police say they arrested a Pike County man after he sent explicit sexual material to a 17-year-old girl through the Internet.
Police say Dennis Brooks, 41, was arrested Friday afternoon after an ongoing investigation that started in September.
According to a report, Brooks sent explicit sexual material to the girl’s MySpace account.
Police say he also tried to get nude photos of the girl, but she refused and contacted authorities.
Brooks is being held at Pike County Jail on a $15,000 bond.
October 3, 2009
Indictment made for online solicitation
J.D. Sumner, Staff Writer Albany HeraldALBANY – An indictment this week of a man accused of trying to solicit a minor for sex acts is proof that a network of law enforcement officers bent on protecting children from online predators appears to be working, prosecutors say.
Richard Stinson was indicted by a Dougherty grand jury Tuesday on two counts of obscene Internet contact with a child, stemming from a March 12 conversation with an undercover Dougherty County Police officer, court records show.
The indictment alleges that Stinson had an explicit online chat with the officer, who he believed to be less than 16 years old. The chat involved “explicit verbal description and narrative accounts of sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct and sexual excitement that was intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of the accused,” the indictment states.
The charges were brought after an investigation using the Dougherty County Police Department’s affiliation with the Internet Crimes Against Children task force, which serves as a network of law enforcement officers from across the country who work to prevent online solicitation of those online, Chief Assistant District Attorney Chris Cohilas said.
“There has been a push nationwide to have a standardized way to catch online pedophiles who communicate via the Internet with children,” Cohilas said. “The Internet Crimes Against Children network was born out of that idea.”
It’s estimated that one in four children is sexually solicited online, Cohilas said, which he says emphasizes the need for parents to be nosy when it comes to monitoring their kids’ activities online.
Cohilas commended the DCP’s eagerness to join the movement and participate in the ICAC system, which also includes police departments from around Georgia and the GBI.
“We’ve had several arrests and convictions based on their efforts, and that is helping keep these people away from our children,” Cohilas said. “These people are obviously fishing in a pond, and in this particular incident he caught a detective instead of a child.”
October 4, 2009
Yadkin Co. man faces statutory sex charges
By Leanne Cloudman, Staff Writer Yadkin RippleThe Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Monday that Yadkin had filed charges against Maynard Norman Peters, 51, of East Bend. Charges were initially reported on WXII on Sept. 24.
According to information provided by Lt. Phil Hamby of the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office, Peters was arrested after a joint investigation involving the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and the King Police Department.
According to the WXII report, King Police arrested Peters last Wed. morning.
Hamby reported that charges filed in Yadkin County were one count of statutory rape of a person 13, 14 or 15 years old by a defendant who is more than six years older than the victim; one count of indecent liberties with a child, and one count of statutory sex offense of a person who is more than six years older than the victim.
Forsyth County charged Peters with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and the King Police charged him with one count of statutory rape of a person 13, 14 or 15 years old by a defendant who is more than six years older than the victim; and one count statutory sex offense of a person 13, 14 or 15 years old by a defendant who is more than six years older than the victim.
Peters has a long criminal history according to the North Carolina Department of Corrections.
Charges began around 1977, including obstructing justice, safecracking, burning of a public building, breaking and entering and larceny of a motor vehicle. Peters was released from prison in July of 1989.
WXII reported that Peters had met the victim in person and cultivated the relationship through on-line contact, text messaging and a cell phone. King police told WXII that neither the child’s parents, nor school officials were aware of the contact, though Peters is suspected of taking the girl from her school and from her home to his residence in East Bend.
Hamby reported that Peters is currently incarcerated in the Forsyth County Detention Center under a combined secured bond of $455,000.
Peters was scheduled to appear in Yadkin County District Court on Sept. 30 to answer charges and again on Oct. 10. He will answer charges in Forsyth on Nov. 18 and in Stokes County on Oct. 5.
Hamby suggested that parents who are concerned about protecting their children against internet predators may obtain additional information on the North Carolina Attorney General’s website at www.ncdoj.gov.
This site contains a link to a site that provides information on how to protect kids on the internet. If parents believe their child is a victim, they should contact the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office.
