Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday #77
Another weekly round-up nets 3 dudes who were trying to solicit sex from kids online. This week, a 37-year-old Ohio man was arrested for sending sexually explicit text messages to a 12-year-old boy; a 38-year-old South Carolina man was arrested for asking his 11-year-old neighbor (girl) to send him nude pictures (via MySpace); A 25-year-old Arizona man was sentenced to 17 ½ years in prison after trying to solicit 2 underage girls for sex…
Remember, if your kids are on the Internet, they are basically open for communication. If they are on social networks, they are literally hanging out in the same place where predators and scumbags hang, and they are open for talking. That’s not a fear tactic, it’s reality. See the stories below; those are 3 examples (of guys who were CAUGHT). And there are plenty more. You need to monitor your childs online activity…
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January 20, 2010
Man arrested after explicit texts sent to boy; 9-week investigation leads to charges
By Leonard Hayhurst, Staff Writer, Zanesville Times Recorder
COSHOCTON — A Coshocton man has been arrested after sexually explicit text messages were sent to a 12-year-old boy. It is the first time such an offense has been reported in Coshocton County. Bond for Joseph P. Pucella, 37, was set at $500,000 Tuesday at a hearing in Coshocton Municipal Court on a charge of importuning, meaning solicitation to engage in sexual activity with a person less than 13 years of age, which is a third-degree felony.
January 21, 2010
Police: Florence man solicits pictures from 11-year-old on MySpace
FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) – Police in Florence say they have arrested a 38-year-old man after allegations surfaced he was soliciting inappropriate pictures from an 11-year-old for on MySpace.
January 23, 2010
Man who tried to lure minor to his tent in Chesapeake sentenced to prison
By Tim McGlone, The Virginian-Pilot
NORFOLK – When authorities arrested Jesse Lee Wise as he sat at a computer in the Chesapeake library last summer trying to lure a 13-year-old girl to a tent he had put up outside the building, he asked them if he could just “type one more thing,” a federal agent said. And then, even after he was in jail facing federal charges of enticing a minor, he tried contacting a 15-year-old girl in Idaho.
