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Three more predators arrested in the last week… two of them actually made contact with kids – BUT the kids were smart enough to tell someone! EXCELLENT!

• A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man met a 13-year-old girl on MySpace, picked her up at home and drove her to his house for sex.
• A 27-year-old man from New Jersey was indicted for having sexually explicit conversations over the Internet with a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl… was actually a cop!
• A 36-year-old man from Pennsylvania was arrested when a young girl he tried to solicit online told the cops. When they confiscated his computer, they found he had already had a previous sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl he met online last summer.

Obviously the kids telling their parents is fantastic! But these stories should show parents that these guys DO exist and they ARE real! These pervs online are just one reason you need to be monitoring your children’s internet activity and be aware of who they are talking to online…

December 3, 2009
Monroeville Man Arrested, Accused Of Luring 13-Year-Old On MySpace

MONROEVILLE, Pa. — A local man was arrested Thursday on a charge of attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl to his home in Monroeville.

Alex Pimpinella, 21, was taken into custody by detectives at his grandfather’s house on Blueberry Road in Monroeville.

Pimpinella is charged with attempting to lure a 13-year-old Greentree girl and a subsequent sexual assault.

Investigators allege the suspect picked her up and drove her to his home for alleged sexual activity.

“The first contact of Pimpinella and our victim was through MySpace, where Pimpinella used a username of djkrave,” said Lt. Jeff Korczyk. “There was a relationship that took place between Pimpinella and our victim.”

December 4, 2009
Man indicted in Internet sex sting after attempt to meet 14-year-old
From Press staff reports

MAYS LANDING – A Gloucester County man was indicted Thursday for allegedly having sexually explicit conversations over the Internet with a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

The youth turned out to be an Atlantic County Proscutor’s Office detective working with the agency’s computer crimes unit.

An Atlantic County grand jury indicted Paul Baker, 27, of Williamstown, on charges that include attempted sexual assault, attempted endangering the welfare of a child, child luring and attempted sexual contact. The most serious charges contained in the indictment are second-degree crimes that carry a potential 10-year state prison sentence and a fine of as much as $150,000.

Baker is being held on $75,000 cash bail.

Authorities charge that Baker had the conversations in an Internet chat room between June 30 and July 20.

They further charge that Baker allegedly spoke with the detective twice before scheduling a meeting in Hamilton Township on July 20. Instead of meeting a 14-year-old girl, he was met and arrested by detectives, authorities said.

“This office will not hesitate to indict and prosecute sexual predators who populate the Internet and who would prey upon children under the age of consent,” Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said in a statement. “We do so both to deter specific sexual predators who reach out to detectives posing as children and to deter predators generally from using the Internet as a tool to sexually abuse children.”

December 7, 2009
Alleged predator arrested again
By Janet Kelley, Staff Writer for Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era

Last September, state agents arrested a Lancaster Township man for allegedly soliciting sex from a young Ephrata girl he’d met on the Internet.

Luckily, agents for the state attorney general said at the time, the girl told authorities before meeting 36-year-old Timothy Donnell Anderson in person.

But when agents confiscated and reviewed Anderson’s computers, they discovered it wasn’t Anderson’s first attempt at meeting a young girl.

Another Lancaster County girl, agents for Attorney General Tom Corbett’s Child Predator Unit learned, had also met Anderson through the Internet.

And that girl, a 15-year-old from Stevens, agents said, allegedly had a sexual relationship with Anderson last summer.

On Friday, Anderson, 36, of 141 Conestoga Blvd., was again arrested by agents from the Child Predator Unit.

Anderson, a self-employed computer salesman, was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and sexual abuse of children (related to child pornography).

In addition, Anderson was charged with unlawful use of a communications facility, two counts of statutory sexual assault and five counts of unlawful contact with a minor.

According to court documents, agents found discussions between Anderson and the girl about their alleged sexual encounters and a nude photograph of the girl on Anderson’s cell phone.

Through computer forensics, along with the help of Ephrata police and school officials, agents were able to identify and talk to the teenager.

The teenager told investigators Anderson contacted her in July and August of 2009 after she posted personal information on her MySpace social networking site.

Anderson traveled to her home twice, performing various sex acts and taking the picture, she told police.

At the end of August, the girl told Anderson to stop contacting her, according to court documents.

In the earlier incident, which also happened last summer, a 14-year-old Ephrata girl told her parents that a Lancaster man had been sending her text messages on her cell phone after adding himself to the friends on her MySpace account.

The parents immediately contacted police, who turned the investigation over to the attorney general’s office.

An agent from the Child Predator Unit, pretending she was the teenager, continued the computer conversations with Anderson as he suggested sexual acts and arranged a meeting.

When Anderson actually arrived to meet the girl on Sept. 11, agents were waiting to take him into custody.

Anderson, who was free on bail awaiting trial on the earlier charges of having unlawful contact with a 14-year-old girl and computer violations, was committed to county prison on Friday in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Corbett, in announcing the arrest, urged parents to discuss the importance of Internet safety with their children, especially if they’re receiving electronic items for gifts.

“Predators know that young people will be exploring these new devices,” Corbett said, “and they are searching for potential victims.”

Over the past year, Corbett said the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit has arrested 69 men, all accused of sexually propositioning children online or sending nude or pornographic photos or videos.

Since 2005, undercover agents have arrested 245 suspected predators, all trying to use the Internet to have some form of sexual contact with children.

“Predators are using popular Web sites to search for young victims, including Internet chat rooms and discussion sites,” Corbett said.

“They also use social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, looking for kids who are vulnerable or lonely, gathering details about their activities and interests and using that information to gain the trust of children.”

Corbett suggested parents review Internet safety tips with their children, especially telling them not to share personal information such as addresses and phone numbers.

Children should also be encouraged to report any inappropriate contact involving strangers, Corbett said, including sexually suggestive comments, attempts to arrange face-to-face meetings, threats or abusive behavior.

For more information about reporting Internet predators and education programs, go to www.attorneygeneral.gov or call 1-800-385-1044.

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