Internet Predator Chat Nightmares of 2005
December, 2005
Sex Offender Charged With Raping Girl, 13 -
Police said that an investigation revealed that girl had met the
suspect in a chat room sometime last month, and that their conversations
continued for several weeks until a meeting was arranged. Read
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Many think chat rooms are harmless, but for one
young teenager, her on-line messaging led to a dangerous encounter. A convicted sex offender goes online and meets a young, local
girl. Now the man in his 30's is facing charges of rape. The rendezvous
happened in New Bedford . But they "met" in cyberspace
where police say the convicted sex offender was able to lure the
teen away from her home.
November, 2005
Too many parents haven't a clue what their
kids are doing as they use the Internet, experts warn, and that
means they're being exposed to dangers ranging from sexual predators
to cyberbullying - "Your child is probably safer at a bar than
on the Internet," Read
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October, 2005
Man, 29, admits to luring girl, 13, for sex -
A 29-year-old California man admitted Tuesday he persuaded a 13-year-old
Zachary girl to lie to her parents, run away with him and have illegal
sex "because their age difference should not matter."
Father of three charged with raping minor -
A man was charged with raping a 15-year-old girl on Tuesday and
has used Internet chat groups to contact dozens of young girls.
ABUSER GROOMED BOY OVER INTERNET - A SEX beast
who groomed a 14-year-old boy over the internet then abused him
on "countless occasions" admitted having unsafe sex with
the vulnerable youngster Read
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September, 2005
Teen Murdered; Father Blames Chat Line - A
South Side teenaged boys body was found Aug. 18 in Diversey
Harborand the father believes that a chat line was ultimately
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Parents, your kids' safety in using Internet is
up to you - You wouldnt drop off your children alone on
a street corner in a big city. You wouldnt let your teenage
son or daughter go to a party with adults youve never met
and know nothing about. And you wouldnt leave your home with
the front door propped wide open. But similar dangers await our
children on the Internet. Read
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August, 2005
A Slidell Police officer was fired and then
arrested today by the Louisiana Attorney General's Office for allegedly
making an online solicitation for sex from a person he thought was
a 13-year-old girl. Read
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Ohio man arrested in molestation case - The
Internet is a dangerous place and one 14-year-old Hart County girl
found out the hard way. Read
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Predators lurking inside your home? - If you're
in your room feeling happy that your children are home and safe,
think again. You're probably not aware that a sexual predator might
be luring them at this very moment on Internet with something seemingly
innocent, like Disney cartoons. Read
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Chatroom predator jailed for underage sex crimes -
A CITY sports shop assistant has been jailed for seducing a 14-year-old
girl he met on the internet. Read
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Police Say N.H. Man Sexually Assaulted Teen - Police
say a teenager from Vermont was sexually assaulted by a man he met
in an Internet chat room. Read
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Online predators: Where are parents? - The
stories are lurid enough to make us cringe, and frequent enough
to creep us out. But despite the fact that men consistently are
arrested trying to arrange sexual encounters with teenage girls
over the Internet, no one seems willing to discuss why this particularly
repulsive crime keeps happening. Read
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INTERNET CHAT GIRL MISSING - FEARS were growing last
night for the safety of a schoolgirl who left home to meet a man
she had fallen for on the internet. Read
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July, 2005
A Pennsylvania man is accused of using the Internet to lure a Missouri
teenager into having sex with him, KMBC's Peggy Breit reported Friday.
Prosecutors said a 36-year-old man spent 18 months seducing a 14-year-old
girl from Nodaway. Read
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POLICE are concerned for the safety of children using internet
chat rooms after Murray Bridge CIB last week charged a man for allegedly
procuring a child to commit an indecent act.
It is alleged the man contacted a 15-year-old girl through an internet
chat room, and lured the child to his home. The 48-year-old man
was arrested on July 11.
Man accused of sexual contact with boy from chat room - A Sheffield
Township man who has been classified as a sexual predator is facing
charges of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy he met in
an Internet chat room.
2 men held on Internet sex charges - Two men were arraigned yesterday
in Murrysville on charges they propositioned young girls for sex
in Internet chat rooms, not knowing the "girls" were undercover
police officers. Read
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June, 2005
Man Accused of Enticing Children Over the Internet
- For today's youth, the internet is a gold mine of information
and entertainment. Especially internet chat rooms. But it's these
same chat rooms where child predators have an open window to entice
kids.
Harris County Sheriff's officials said a 14-year-old girl was sexually
assaulted during a face-to-face meeting with a man she met in an
Internet chat room. In a twist of fate, the girl's parents posed
as the victim and arranged a second meeting, which led to the suspect's
arrest and confession.
A local teenager left her home in Thurston County
for school, and never came back. Jerry Pease, of Rochester, did
manage to track the web sites his daughter visited just before she
disappeared, and what he found scares him. Read
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May, 2005
Beware the stranger in your house - Det Sgt Darryl
Preston, who led the investigation into Oliver Jordan, said: "The
main piece of advice I would give to parents goes back to what we
were told when we were young about stranger danger - only now the
stranger is in your living room.
Police yesterday arrested a 71-year-old man they say
used an Internet chat room to meet a 15-year-old Kentucky girl,
lure her to his home and then have sex with her. Read
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April, 2005
Men Caught Trying To Meet 13-Year-Old Girls For Sex - Online Predators
Meet Girls In Internet Chat Rooms Read
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Children & Chat Rooms Don't Mix - Parents attending
a presentation at Brandon Valley High School were shocked and surprised
by a live demonstration of just how dangerous the internet can be
for their children.
March, 2005
Omaha prosecutors said they are charging a man after
he used instant messaging and an Internet chat room to meet young
boys. Read
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Many parents know the importance of educating their
children about stranger danger. I don't think parents realize
the dangers out there that children come in contact with on Internet,
said Kajzer. Danger is just a click away. A sexual predator can
go anywhere in cyberspace to find your children. Find out what your teenager does on the computer.
A Youngstown State University student, formerly from
Crescent, has been indicted in federal court on a charge of inducing
a 14-year-old Beaver County boy into having sex. He used the Internet
to arrange sexual encounters twice last year with the boy, who is
now 15 Read
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February, 2005
Man Charged With Having Sex With Girl He Met Online
- Authorities said the 14-year-old girl took a cab from Gilmanton
to Nashua to meet with him. The two allegedly rendezvoused at a
Motel 6 a few hours after meeting online.
January, 2005
Ottawa County man indicted in sex case involving boy,
13. The boy told authorities he met Mr. Hackett in November through
an Internet chat room. Read
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