Despite the publicity then and now, the bad guys haven't gone away
MADISON, Wis. - Eric Szatkowski is a Wisconsin Justice Department special agent, but on that Sunday afternoon he entered an online chat room as a 14-year-old boy.
He claimed he was into weightlifting, AC/DC and muscle magazines. Then he waited.
Within hours, screen name Paul2u sent a message: "Hi. u realy 14?"
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National PSA campaign targets Internet sex predators
National PSA campaign targets Internet sex predators
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On the web | Project Safe Childhood homepage BY JAY WEAVER
jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
If you've ever wondered whether the universe of Internet sexual predators is expanding, consider these stats:
Nationwide, federal prosecutors have indicted 2,289 defendants in online child solicitation and pornography cases this year -- up 33 percent over 2006.
In South Florida, the U.S. attorney's office has nearly doubled its prosecutions of underage cyber sex crimes over the same period, indicting 81 defendants.
U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta on Tuesday cited those alarming numbers as he announced the launch of English and Spanish public service announcements to raise awareness among parents about the threat of online sexual predators to children.
''If you're scared, you should be,'' Acosta said, flanked by senior federal officials from the Justice Department. ``It's a very serious, serious issue.''
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How Much More do we have to see these numbers continue to climb. It seems nobody is even aware of the dangers. It seems to be that parents feel that everybody is doing it so it must be O.K. Children are inhibited on the internet and they need parenting.
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These numbers should not be going up. They should be going down. It Is becoming a virtual playground for sexual predators on the internet.
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On the web | Project Safe Childhood homepage BY JAY WEAVER
jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
If you've ever wondered whether the universe of Internet sexual predators is expanding, consider these stats:
Nationwide, federal prosecutors have indicted 2,289 defendants in online child solicitation and pornography cases this year -- up 33 percent over 2006.
In South Florida, the U.S. attorney's office has nearly doubled its prosecutions of underage cyber sex crimes over the same period, indicting 81 defendants.
U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta on Tuesday cited those alarming numbers as he announced the launch of English and Spanish public service announcements to raise awareness among parents about the threat of online sexual predators to children.
''If you're scared, you should be,'' Acosta said, flanked by senior federal officials from the Justice Department. ``It's a very serious, serious issue.''
See Full Story
How Much More do we have to see these numbers continue to climb. It seems nobody is even aware of the dangers. It seems to be that parents feel that everybody is doing it so it must be O.K. Children are inhibited on the internet and they need parenting.
To see reviews of Internet Monitoring Software visit Visit wwww.MonitoringSoftwareOnline.com.
These numbers should not be going up. They should be going down. It Is becoming a virtual playground for sexual predators on the internet.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Officials warn parents of online predators
By Jamie Rogers
Morning News Reporter
Published: November 29, 2008
Children might be targets for online predators but authorities who arrest sex offenders say it’s the adults who are responsible for protecting their children from becoming online prey.
Florence County deputy Scotty Dangerfield, a sex offender registry investigator, said children as young as 10 have been victimized online by adults.
As many as one in seven children receive a sexual solicitation online each year, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
“We do have cases of that nature that happen here in Florence County,” Dangerfield said. “Sometimes the suspects are actually within this county, and sometimes they could actually be residing anywhere in the world, really.”
When communicating with someone online, you don’t know where they are — they could tell you they’re in another state or another area and actually be on the next street, he said.
A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation of a minor when he communicates with someone younger than 18 in an attempt to persuade them to participate in sexual activity. Full Story
Morning News Reporter
Published: November 29, 2008
Children might be targets for online predators but authorities who arrest sex offenders say it’s the adults who are responsible for protecting their children from becoming online prey.
Florence County deputy Scotty Dangerfield, a sex offender registry investigator, said children as young as 10 have been victimized online by adults.
As many as one in seven children receive a sexual solicitation online each year, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
“We do have cases of that nature that happen here in Florence County,” Dangerfield said. “Sometimes the suspects are actually within this county, and sometimes they could actually be residing anywhere in the world, really.”
When communicating with someone online, you don’t know where they are — they could tell you they’re in another state or another area and actually be on the next street, he said.
A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation of a minor when he communicates with someone younger than 18 in an attempt to persuade them to participate in sexual activity. Full Story
Facebook predator
Convicted sex offender allegedly tried to lure 11-year-old N.S. boy to Ontario
By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter
A Halifax mom is telling a cautionary tale about Internet luring and protecting children from computer-savvy sexual predators.
The woman said Thursday her 11-year-old son was using Facebook, the online social networking site, last month and was contacted by someone who allegedly turned out to be a convicted sex offender.
She said her boy received an inappropriate email from the man, alleged to be Brendon James MacNeill of Mississauga, Ont., saying he could arrange a flight for him to southern Ontario and a hotel room. Full Story
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By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter
A Halifax mom is telling a cautionary tale about Internet luring and protecting children from computer-savvy sexual predators.
The woman said Thursday her 11-year-old son was using Facebook, the online social networking site, last month and was contacted by someone who allegedly turned out to be a convicted sex offender.
She said her boy received an inappropriate email from the man, alleged to be Brendon James MacNeill of Mississauga, Ont., saying he could arrange a flight for him to southern Ontario and a hotel room. Full Story
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Pa. official warns student, parents of Internet's pitfalls
She walked out of her home on a cold winter's day to meet a stranger whom she only knew online.
For months, Kozakiewicz said she chatted online and shared pictures with "Christine," someone she thought was a girl her age - until she discovered who she felt had grown to become her best friend was actually an older man.
Now 20-years-old, Kozakiewicz, a native of the Crafton Heights, continues to struggle to fill an empty void after being tortured, raped and chained to the floor of the Virginia town house of Scott Tyree, a computer programmer from Herndon, Va.
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She was lucky enough to survive her ordeal. Children must understand that they might not be talking who they think while on the internet. The problem is that children become inhibited on the internet. Parental Control Software allows Parents to see what your child is doing online. For reviews of the top Parental Control Software Visit www.MonitoringSoftwareOnline.com
For months, Kozakiewicz said she chatted online and shared pictures with "Christine," someone she thought was a girl her age - until she discovered who she felt had grown to become her best friend was actually an older man.
Now 20-years-old, Kozakiewicz, a native of the Crafton Heights, continues to struggle to fill an empty void after being tortured, raped and chained to the floor of the Virginia town house of Scott Tyree, a computer programmer from Herndon, Va.
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She was lucky enough to survive her ordeal. Children must understand that they might not be talking who they think while on the internet. The problem is that children become inhibited on the internet. Parental Control Software allows Parents to see what your child is doing online. For reviews of the top Parental Control Software Visit www.MonitoringSoftwareOnline.com
Two men charged with Internet predation
Attorney General Tom Corbett said agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit arrested two Clearfield County men last week and accused both of using the Internet to sexually proposition what they believed were 13-year old girls, as well as sending sexually explicit webcam videos. The "girls" were actually undercover agents from the Child Predator Unit who were using the online profiles of children.
The defendants as Michael Shawn Whelpley, 38, 181 Mockingbird Lane, Brockway, and Randall Scott Luzier, 30, 314 Little Clearfield Creek Road, Olanta.Full Story
The defendants as Michael Shawn Whelpley, 38, 181 Mockingbird Lane, Brockway, and Randall Scott Luzier, 30, 314 Little Clearfield Creek Road, Olanta.Full Story
Saturday, November 8, 2008
DOJ : Too Many Internet Predators, Not Enough Resources
Child predators, online and unaware they are being tracked. The Internet Crime Against Children Task Force released a map that shows more than 22,000 unique IP addresses where images known, or suspected to be child pornography have changed hands since the beginning of this year. "That's a lot of dots. It's very frightening to know this is going on in our community," said Sara Born, an Appleton parent.Full Story
This is going on in communities everywhere. there just isn't enough reources to stop internet predators. That is why we need more computer parental control. Parenting in this technological age must be done online and offline. To see reviews of Parental Control Software
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This is going on in communities everywhere. there just isn't enough reources to stop internet predators. That is why we need more computer parental control. Parenting in this technological age must be done online and offline. To see reviews of Parental Control Software
Visit www.monitoringsoftwareonline.com!
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