Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday – #68
I have a special post for today: VIDEO included!
Okay, so this 16-year-old girl from southern California goes onto a dating site. She lies about being 18 and meets a guy. She falls in love with him and runs away to be with him (in Albuquerque NM). The thing is, he is 57. He has sex with her a couple times and ties her up.
She went with him, fully consenting. But it turned out to be not such a pleasant situation she found herself in. This is another reason why parents must monitor their children’s internet activity. This girl went looking for trouble. Yes she met a very bad person, BUT, she started it… it was her own curiosity. He parents should have known.
On the other hand, even though the guy is claiming she said she was 18… he’s 57. That’s nasty. You know he is not on the level… Remember: these guys DO exist!
Here is a video of the story with a print (earlier) version below.
Nov 11, 2009
Internet Runaway Rescued From BondageA man who allegedly admitted having sex with a 16-year-old runaway girl from Westminster was in custody in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday.
Edward S. Christy, 57, was arrested Monday in Albuquerque on suspicion of criminal sexual penetration, custodial interference and sexual exploitation of children, according to an arrest warrant from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s office. He was locked up in lieu of $200,000 bail.
When sheriff’s deputies went to arrest Christy, they noticed what appeared to be a camera flashing in the window and the girl’s wrists and necktied with straps, according to an arrest warrant signed by Bernalillo County sheriff’s Detective Weylin Proctor.
On Sunday, the girl’s parents told Westminster police their daughter left a note, saying she had run away from home, Westminster police Officer Cameron Knauerhaze said.
The parents found e-mail and chat logs on her computer that indicated she had met an Albuquerque man online, Knauerhaze said. Investigators dug further and found an address of “a person of interest,” Knauerhaze said.
Once in custody, FBI agents questioned Christy, who told them he met the girl about six weeks ago on a dating web site, according to the arrest warrant. Christy said the girl claimed she was 18, and he asked her to send him photographs, according to the warrant.
The girl called Christy on Friday and told him that she would kill herself if she could not be with him, according to the warrant, which stated that Christy drove to California to pick her up.
Christy said he had sex with the girl twice, once in a motel in Needles, California, and again at his home, Proctor said in the warrant.
Under questioning, Christy admitted he knew the girl was under age, according to the warrant. Christy said he bought dog cages and bondage items for the girl, Proctor stated.
