Internet Predator Chat Nightmares of 2005

December, 2005

Web-chat link in girl's disappearance - The parents have since been shocked to find an email contact list of more than 400 names and copies of emails their daughter had been sending and receiving over a general Internet chat site. Read More>>

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 More>>

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. Read More>>

A criminal justice instructor remained in jail Thursday on $100,000 bond after being charged with using the Internet to solicit sex from someone he believed to be a teen-age girl Read More>>

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November, 2005

FBI warns parents about dangers their children can encounter online - One in five children is solicited by a sexual predator over the Internet, FBI Special Agent Todd Hudson said Monday night at Henderson State University. Read More>>

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 More>>

Man arrested on sexual exploitation charges - A 51-year-old Tucson man has been arrested for allegedly trying to arrange to have sex with a minor he met on the Internet. Read More>>

Minister Accused Of Trying To Meet Teen For Sex - An Ohio minister was arrested this week on suspicion of trying to lure what he thought was a 15-year-old girl into having sex. Read More>>

A sex offender charged on Halloween night with having a knife had been convicted of trying to have sex with a 13-year-old Albany girl he met in an Internet chat room. Read More>

October, 2005

Kids are more likely to take online risk at home than at school, a new study reported Monday. Read More>>

A Ripon, Wis., man admitted traveling to Manitowoc on Sunday to have sex with a 14-year-old girl with whom he had corresponded in an Internet chat room. Read More>>

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." Read More>>

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. Read More>>

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 More>

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September, 2005

The son of an infamous cult leader was arrested in Oregon this week on charges he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at a Danvers hotel. Police say the 30-year-old met the girl in an Internet chat room and lured her to the hotel last week. Read More>>

Teen Murdered; Father Blames Chat Line - A South Side teenaged boy’s body was found Aug. 18 in Diversey Harbor—and the father believes that a chat line was ultimately to blame Read More>>

Parents, your kids' safety in using Internet is up to you - You wouldn’t drop off your children alone on a street corner in a big city. You wouldn’t let your teenage son or daughter go to a party with adults you’ve never met and know nothing about. And you wouldn’t leave your home with the front door propped wide open. But similar dangers await our children on the Internet. Read More>>

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August, 2005

A 23-year-old Sheboygan man is facing 40 years in prison after tipping off police about his alleged rendezvous with a 13-year-old Sheboygan girl he met on the Internet, according to authorities. Read More>>

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 More>>

Milwaukee police are looking for a 13-year-old, and they think he may have been brainwashed by someone he met on the Internet. Read More>>

An accused rapist is charged with raping a 15-year-old girl from St. Peters on Sunday, and he is accused of trapping a 16-year-old Lebanon girl and her friend in his garage earlier this year. He met the girls through online chat rooms Read More>>

Internet chat between a Gallatin teenager and an Ann Arbor, Mich. man led to the man’s arrest here when he showed up at her high school. Read More>>

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 More>>

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 More>>

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 More>>

Forsyth homemaker charged with molesting 14-year-old - A 42-year-old Forsyth County housewife faces sex charges after authorities say she seduced a 14-year-old boy over the Internet and then met him for several sexual liaisons. Read More>>

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 More>>

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 More>>

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 More>>

Man charged with sexual assault after meeting young victims on Internet - Police have arrested a Battle Creek man for, they say, hunting down underage girls on-line and then sexually assaulting them during arranged meetings. Read More>>

Missoula doctor arrested in Billings, charged in enticement case Read More>>

Rape victim, then 15, testifies at trial - A girl who was 12 when she met a man on an Internet chat room told jurors how he told her what to write in a "runaway" letter two years later. Read More>>

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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 More>>

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. Read More>>

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 Read More>>

A Chester man is accused of using the Internet to set up a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl. Read More>>

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 More>>

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June, 2005

Cops: Man used Web to lure teens for sex - An East Brunswick man was free on $50,000 bail after being arrested when he showed up for what he thought would be a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl, prosecutors said. Read More>>

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. Read More>>

Concrete man accused of luring teen on Internet - The 15-year-old girl's mother called the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office after discovering that her daughter had been communicating online with someone who appeared to be an Internet predator Read More>>

Parents told to watch teens' summer Web use - Federal, state and local law enforcement officials Thursday warned parents of young teens that summer Internet use should be monitored to ward off online sexual predators. Read More>>

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. Read More>>

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 More>>

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. Read More>>

Pervert posed as 18-year-old in chat room to groom young girl Read More>>

It's a story involving a Mitchell teen, an internet chat room, and attempted murder charges. We have new, disturbing, details in the case. Eighteen-year-old Trevor Allen is accused of stabbing a man, more than twice his age. Read More>>

Chat Rooms: Nothing but sex - Interesting story Read More>>

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 More>>

April, 2005

Men Caught Trying To Meet 13-Year-Old Girls For Sex - Online Predators Meet Girls In Internet Chat Rooms Read More>>

Missing girl found in hotel with man - New Jersey man allegedly had sex with seventh-grader he met on Internet Read More>>

Lakewood man pleads guilty in Internet sex case - He was arrested by Eureka Springs, Ark., police, county deputies and federal agents on Dec. 3, 2004, at a Eureka Springs motel. He was there to meet a 14-year-old girl he met in an Internet chat room. Read More>>

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. Read More>>

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 More>>

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. Read More>>

This is a little different kind of Nightmare - A Toronto man was robbed and held for more than 15 hours after going to meet a woman that he first contacted through an internet chat room Read More>>

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 More>>

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. Read More>>

Police say a 23-year-old man contacted a teenaged girl in a Yahoo! chat room, lured her to his southeast Salem apartment and sexually assaulted her. Read More>>

INTERNET PERVERT LURED GIRL,14, INTO VAN - A 14-YEAR-OLD Keswick girl was lured into having sex with 29-year-old after they met in an internet chat room. Read More>>

Policeman on underage sex charges -The alleged victim told the court she first met Constable Howard on an internet chat site where they had conversations up to four times a week which were often of a sexual nature. Read More>>

January, 2005

A CHILDREN’S charity last night criticised the "lenient" two year sentence given to a man who admitted having "cybersex" with a 14-year-old girl over the internet. Read More>>

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 More>>

A missing 15-year-old Sacramento girl has been found in Ohio, where she was lured to the home of a 39-year-old man through an Internet chat room, authorities said. Read More>>

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