PROVO — Internet predators prey on children who have poor relationships with their parents and are emotionally isolated, so LDS teachings about family togetherness can be a major safeguard for families.
Charles Knutson, associate professor of computer science at Brigham Young University, told an Education Week audience Wednesday that predators are very patient in zeroing in on "easy targets.
"Predators are masters at manipulation and skillful at extracting information over time. They will try to hack into kids' passwords to get personal information that helps to groom them," he said Full Story..
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Dad Leads Deputies To Internet Predator Suspect
Police say a man trying to meet an underage girl for sex was actually lured into handcuffs by the girl’s father!
Alan Sims of Boiling Springs has been arrested on child sex charges.
He was arrested by Greenville County deputies after a 14 year girl’s father intercepted internet chats between Sims and the child. The dad then posed as his daughter and agreed to meet sims for sex. When Sims traveled to Greenville, deputies were waiting. Full Story
This just another story showing the importance to monitor our kids online. This Father was able to monitor his daughters computer and find out she was having inappropriate chats. You can not rely on the authorities as it is impossible for them to monitor the entire internet. Parents must be involved.
Visit www.MonitoringSoftwareOnline.comTo see reviews of the Best Internet Monitoring Software
Alan Sims of Boiling Springs has been arrested on child sex charges.
He was arrested by Greenville County deputies after a 14 year girl’s father intercepted internet chats between Sims and the child. The dad then posed as his daughter and agreed to meet sims for sex. When Sims traveled to Greenville, deputies were waiting. Full Story
This just another story showing the importance to monitor our kids online. This Father was able to monitor his daughters computer and find out she was having inappropriate chats. You can not rely on the authorities as it is impossible for them to monitor the entire internet. Parents must be involved.
Visit www.MonitoringSoftwareOnline.comTo see reviews of the Best Internet Monitoring Software
Protecting Your Kids Online
A Green Country man accused of soliciting sex to a minor online is behind bars.
Ottawa County Sheriff Terry Durborow says 24-year-old Brandon Coleman offered to trade marijuana for sex with a girl he thought was younger than the age of 16.
Deputies say when he attempted to meet the girl he was loaded with a gun.
Undersheriff Bob Ernst tells Fox 23’s Abbie Alford a three-month investigation with the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force led to Coleman’s arrest.
During those three months Coleman was known online as “dark_angel_74447” he would message the girl telling her she was sexy, he was naked and he wanted to have sex with the minor.Full Story
Ottawa County Sheriff Terry Durborow says 24-year-old Brandon Coleman offered to trade marijuana for sex with a girl he thought was younger than the age of 16.
Deputies say when he attempted to meet the girl he was loaded with a gun.
Undersheriff Bob Ernst tells Fox 23’s Abbie Alford a three-month investigation with the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force led to Coleman’s arrest.
During those three months Coleman was known online as “dark_angel_74447” he would message the girl telling her she was sexy, he was naked and he wanted to have sex with the minor.Full Story
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
New Effort To Protect Kids From Online Predators
The number of cases involving child pornography and child predators is rising in North Texas.
The U.S. Attorney's Office is not only prosecuting these cases, but now training educators how to help children protect themselves from online predators.
Darlene Ellison says she received a rude awakening three years ago. "When it comes to protecting our kids, I thought I was protecting them," she said. "I wasn't doing enough."
Her ex-husband, Phillip Todd Calvin was arrested after being caught in an undercover FBI child pornography sting. Calvin was known as the singing dentist in the Lakewood Neighborhood of Dallas.
"He was traveling to Mexico to engage in sex with minor boys," Ellison said. "I was stunned, humiliated, shocked."
Ellison says she regularly warned her children about strangers. "Never imagining in a million years that that somebody was very well educated; he was a dentist, very community oriented, a super volunteer, and he was living in our home." ...full story
The U.S. Attorney's Office is not only prosecuting these cases, but now training educators how to help children protect themselves from online predators.
Darlene Ellison says she received a rude awakening three years ago. "When it comes to protecting our kids, I thought I was protecting them," she said. "I wasn't doing enough."
Her ex-husband, Phillip Todd Calvin was arrested after being caught in an undercover FBI child pornography sting. Calvin was known as the singing dentist in the Lakewood Neighborhood of Dallas.
"He was traveling to Mexico to engage in sex with minor boys," Ellison said. "I was stunned, humiliated, shocked."
Ellison says she regularly warned her children about strangers. "Never imagining in a million years that that somebody was very well educated; he was a dentist, very community oriented, a super volunteer, and he was living in our home." ...full story
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sex offender accused of trolling Web for trysts with kids
NEW PORT RICHEY — Nine years after he got caught trying to solicit sex online from a 15-year-old boy, authorities say, Richard John Hannon was at it again.
Using the screen name "RichFL," the 66-year-old computer consultant sent a private chat message in April to "momof2fl," according to ... see full story
Using the screen name "RichFL," the 66-year-old computer consultant sent a private chat message in April to "momof2fl," according to ... see full story
Parents key in protecting children online
Raleigh, N.C. — Despite improved security features designed to help protect children on social networking sites, Internet safety experts say there will always be flaws, and that's why much of the responsibility to protect children falls on parents.
"No security system is perfect, just as a driver's license is never fool proof," said Jay Chaudhuri, special counsel to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who led a national push to get sites like Myspace and Facebook to increase security ...see Full Story
"No security system is perfect, just as a driver's license is never fool proof," said Jay Chaudhuri, special counsel to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who led a national push to get sites like Myspace and Facebook to increase security ...see Full Story
The secret world of teen text messaging
Naperville police try to keep pace with changing trends in Internet crime
Kids these days are in a whole different world.
That's what Naperville Police Department detective Richard Wistocki hears many Naperville parents say about their teenagers' secret lives on the Internet and use of cell phones.
Friends who will be freshmen at Naperville Central High School this fall spend time outside Thursday afternoon in the Naperville yard of Erin Wilson, center. They used their phones to invite people over for a bonfire that evening.
"Parents, you should care enough to want to see," he said of the text messages, instant messages and online profile posts teens now use to communicate and reveal intimate details about themselves.
Empowering parents who want to see how their kids communicate is the basis for a new initiative Wistocki is spearheading....Full Story
Kids these days are in a whole different world.
That's what Naperville Police Department detective Richard Wistocki hears many Naperville parents say about their teenagers' secret lives on the Internet and use of cell phones.
Friends who will be freshmen at Naperville Central High School this fall spend time outside Thursday afternoon in the Naperville yard of Erin Wilson, center. They used their phones to invite people over for a bonfire that evening.
"Parents, you should care enough to want to see," he said of the text messages, instant messages and online profile posts teens now use to communicate and reveal intimate details about themselves.
Empowering parents who want to see how their kids communicate is the basis for a new initiative Wistocki is spearheading....Full Story
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Wisconson Attorney General talk about protecting kids online
The attorney general of Wisconsin JB Van Hollen talked about protecting children from internet predators.
While the Internet has opened many doors for our children, from education to communication to entertainment, it has also become an active crime scene. Online sex predators use technology to connect with kids, using all the tools they use: instant messaging, picture and video trading, chat rooms, web cameras, web microphones, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and even online gaming networks like X-Box Live.
Child pornographers have invaded the Internet in many forms. Commercial websites, often located abroad, find an endless supply of customers in the U.S., including in Wisconsin. Others use chat rooms to obtain and trade images and movies, while some simply use their own digital cameras, camcorders, or cell phones to manufacture images. As for cell phones, have you heard the term “sexting?” It refers to sexually explicit chat through text messaging that used to take place only in Internet chat rooms. Often, predators use cell phones after meeting children online.
Predators also use file sharing programs like LimeWire, which many parents believe are just used for music. We have identified approximately 15,000 separate computers in our state that possess and offer to distribute this filth.
He went on to give internet safety tip for parentsBe an Active Parent. Keep open lines of communications with kids about Internet use. This process should begin as soon as a child gets online.
Prepare Your Children for the Online World as You Do the Real World. Make no mistake, the online world is real, and so are its dangers. Talk to your children about the benefits and dangers of the Internet. You tell your kids not to jump into a stranger’s car alone and why that’s dangerous; tell them why they shouldn’t travel the Internet Highway alone and why that is dangerous.
Watch Internet Use. Internet predators are watching your kids online. You need to be, too. One suggestion: keep computers in common areas.
Use Software Resources. Use filters that block inappropriate websites or online services that are harmful to kids. Consider installing monitoring software, which records everything kids do online, from instant messaging to videos to picture trading.
It’s Not Just the Computer. Find out how your kids are communicating and understand the technology. If you can’t appropriately supervise use, don’t allow it.If you want to see the top reviews of software to block and monitor inappropriate sites go to
Visit www.monitorigsoftwareonline.com
While the Internet has opened many doors for our children, from education to communication to entertainment, it has also become an active crime scene. Online sex predators use technology to connect with kids, using all the tools they use: instant messaging, picture and video trading, chat rooms, web cameras, web microphones, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and even online gaming networks like X-Box Live.
Child pornographers have invaded the Internet in many forms. Commercial websites, often located abroad, find an endless supply of customers in the U.S., including in Wisconsin. Others use chat rooms to obtain and trade images and movies, while some simply use their own digital cameras, camcorders, or cell phones to manufacture images. As for cell phones, have you heard the term “sexting?” It refers to sexually explicit chat through text messaging that used to take place only in Internet chat rooms. Often, predators use cell phones after meeting children online.
Predators also use file sharing programs like LimeWire, which many parents believe are just used for music. We have identified approximately 15,000 separate computers in our state that possess and offer to distribute this filth.
He went on to give internet safety tip for parentsBe an Active Parent. Keep open lines of communications with kids about Internet use. This process should begin as soon as a child gets online.
Prepare Your Children for the Online World as You Do the Real World. Make no mistake, the online world is real, and so are its dangers. Talk to your children about the benefits and dangers of the Internet. You tell your kids not to jump into a stranger’s car alone and why that’s dangerous; tell them why they shouldn’t travel the Internet Highway alone and why that is dangerous.
Watch Internet Use. Internet predators are watching your kids online. You need to be, too. One suggestion: keep computers in common areas.
Use Software Resources. Use filters that block inappropriate websites or online services that are harmful to kids. Consider installing monitoring software, which records everything kids do online, from instant messaging to videos to picture trading.
It’s Not Just the Computer. Find out how your kids are communicating and understand the technology. If you can’t appropriately supervise use, don’t allow it.If you want to see the top reviews of software to block and monitor inappropriate sites go to
Visit www.monitorigsoftwareonline.com
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Man charged with sending sex photos to girl
An Upper Gwynedd man was arrested Wednesday on charges he used the Internet to proposition and send nude videos and pictures to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
That 13-year-old girl was actually an undercover agent from Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett's Child Predator Unit.
Corbett said the suspect, Henry F. Campbell, 64, of Hazelwood Drive, posed as a 26-year-old male in a chat room, using the screen name “fludcamp.” Authorities said Campbell, a retired chemist and liquor store clerk, approached the undercover agent, who was using the online profile of a 13-year-old girl Full Story
That 13-year-old girl was actually an undercover agent from Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett's Child Predator Unit.
Corbett said the suspect, Henry F. Campbell, 64, of Hazelwood Drive, posed as a 26-year-old male in a chat room, using the screen name “fludcamp.” Authorities said Campbell, a retired chemist and liquor store clerk, approached the undercover agent, who was using the online profile of a 13-year-old girl Full Story
Web sting snags Utah Guardsman
From the Salt lake tribune:A seasoned Utah National Guardsman was jailed Friday on suspicion of soliciting a minor over the Internet for sex.
Sgt. 1st Class Craig Dowen, a 20-year career soldier who joined the Utah Guard in 2002, was nabbed by the Utah Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force after allegedly trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a teenage girl online.
After Dowen's arrest, a search of the soldier's Tooele home found dozens of marijuana plants - some as tall as 5 feet - concealed in his basement along with a sophisticated greenhouse operation, according to Ken Wallentine, chief of law enforcement for the Utah Attorney General's Office. Full Story Here
Sgt. 1st Class Craig Dowen, a 20-year career soldier who joined the Utah Guard in 2002, was nabbed by the Utah Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force after allegedly trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a teenage girl online.
After Dowen's arrest, a search of the soldier's Tooele home found dozens of marijuana plants - some as tall as 5 feet - concealed in his basement along with a sophisticated greenhouse operation, according to Ken Wallentine, chief of law enforcement for the Utah Attorney General's Office. Full Story Here
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