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This is a follow-up to the dirtbag featured in a previous blog post, in which I ranted a bit. 24-year-old Christopher Leasher met a 15-year old girl on MySpace. Met her in real life. Took her to Philadelphia, bought cocaine, let her basically overdose, then had sex with her a few times. What a nice young man.

He has been sentenced to 2 to 6 years in state prison. YAY!

I’ve posted the story below. But before you click and read (and you SHOULD!), I want to remind parents that it isn’t necessarily predators you need to be concerned with. This guy is young and attractive to the right teenage girl. He’s not creepy or scary – he just wanted a good rock and roll time… unfortunately, he left common sense at the door and picked a 15 year old (forget about the illegal drug use). This is a prime reason why monitoring Internet activity of your teens (in some way) is vital. It may not be the slimeballs you have to be careful of, but rather your teen’s own naiveté, immaturity and promiscuity. PC Pandora version 5 can help you be in the know and protect your kids from the dangers online. It’s not spying, it’s 21st century parenting!

Man Sentenced for MySpace Sex Assault
By LAURIE MASON, Bucks County Courier Times

A Warminster musician who bought drugs for then sexually assaulted a 15-yearold girl he met on MySpace was sentenced in Bucks County court Monday to two to six years in a state prison.

Christopher Leasher, 24, who went by the name “Christopher Jive” on the popular social networking Web site, also will be a registered sex offender under Megan’s Law for 10 years.

He apologized to county Judge Jeffrey Finley and said that he planned to change his ways.

“I have no excuses,” Leasher said in the Doylestown courtroom. “I’m so sorry for everything and to everybody involved in this ordeal. I’m sad to say that this saved my life. It will allow me to live a life that I’m proud of from now on.”

Leasher pleaded guilty in February to statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor and delivery of a controlled substance to a minor. He was arrested in August after the victim told police that Leasher had sexually assaulted her while she was high on drugs.

The attack occurred at the Doylestown Township home of Leasher’s friend. The girl said that she had contacted Leasher through his MySpace page and that he convinced her to meet him.

After picking her up at a Warminster shopping center, Leasher drove the teen to Philadelphia to purchase cocaine.

While the girl was high on the drug, Leasher had sex with her numerous times, even after she became so feverish from the cocaine that she had to immerse herself in a bathtub of cold water.

Detectives used the phone number Leasher gave the victim to track him down at his girlfriend’s Montgomery County home.

Prosecutors say he initially lied to them but later confessed to the crime, calling the girl a “teenybopper” and one of his “young fans.”

While police were still investigating the girl’s allegations, Leasher e-mailed her and told her that if she continued to cooperate with police he would sue her and her family. Prosecutors said it was an attempt to get the victim to change her story.

In court Monday, Leasher’s attorney, Richard Fink, noted that his client was an Eagle Scout whose only brush with the law before the case was a minor traffic citation. Fink said Leasher has read selfhelp books while incarcerated and is looking forward to serving his time and then getting back to his music career.

“He wants to rebuild his life,” Fink said.

Leasher was in a band, had a punk rock-oriented Web site and hosted a popular Texas radio program in the years before his arrest, Fink said.

Finley said that he found the fact that Leasher encouraged the girl to do drugs “particularly troubling.”

The victim did not attend the hearing. Prosecutor Sara Rothman said the girl was content with knowing that Leasher pleaded guilty.

“Knowing that he took responsibility for his actions was the most important thing for her,” she said.

Last week, Metro police in Vegas busted two sexual predators. An uplifting note to these busts is that citizens helped turn them in. The story is pasted below – Please click the link for mugshots of the dirtbags and the video component to the story (which is very well produced).

Police Warn Parents of Online Sexual Predators
By Melissa Duran, Reporter KLAS-TV

Metro police are crediting alert citizens with the arrest of two sexual predators. Both were arrested in the past week as part of Metro’s “It’s Never OK” Campaign.

Metro police arrested 53-year-old Gary Walter Laatz after someone reported finding a computer with child porn on it in his possession.

And earlier this week, police arrested Pedro Pablo Mancilla Sanchez for having pornographic pictures on his computer of children ages 2 to 16.

The place your child spends a lot of his time is the same place sexual predators are waiting. It starts with a simple conversation on the computer, but can turn into something much more dangerous.

Now police are urging parents to help catch these types of predators before your child becomes their next victim.

Jennifer Glenn keeps a constant eye on her 16-year-old daughter not because she’s a troublemaker but because she’s a loyal MySpacer. And Jennifer knows behind the computer screen could lie trouble.

“If they ask you to meet them, if they ask you for personal information, if they ask you for anything — not to give anything out, no passwords — nothing,” said Jennifer.

But there has been a close call. Several years ago after logging onto her daughter’s account, she found a 30-year-old man trying to talk with her daughter.

“Told him if he ever contacted her again, I’d report him,” she said.

But some kids aren’t so lucky and are giving in to predators who are searching online for their next victim. Metro says more and more predators are figuring out this is where your child is hanging out.

“The children misinterpret a lengthy chat with an actual relationship. When you are communicating with someone on a computer, you’re not really communicating with that person. You don’t know who that person is,” said Sgt. Troy Barrett.

Barrett is with Internet Crimes Against Children and says parents need to report anything suspicious they see online — whether it’s child pornography or even dangerous conversations your child is having with strangers.

“We’d rather get more information than no information,” he said.

Tips can be reported to the cyber tip line through the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children. Any tip from Nevada is reported back to local officials so they can start investigating.

Also, make sure the family computer is in clear sight, and you have access to everything your child is doing. It’s a step Jennifer Glenn is already taking.

“She can’t do anything until she gets her own job and pays for her own Internet and pays for her own place,” she said.

It’s tough love that may keep your child a click away from becoming a victim.

Metro says its a partnership with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children and has been ramping up prosecution of these crimes lately because of tips from citizens.

No matter what capacity, the practice of monitoring Internet activity of your kids is essential. For parents that need that extra help (and more often then not, they do) monitoring software like PC Pandora will help you attain the knowledge you need to be an effective and smart 21st century parent. Knowledge is power… you can’t be a good parent if you don’t know. PC Pandora can help!