A bill calling for a prison term of up to 12 years and a fine of up to $10,000 for inducing or permitting a child to be engaged in pornography was voted on by Senators 26-4. The bill toughens the state’s anti-child porn law, cracking down on computer-generated child pornography. According to the Associated Press, it also makes it illegal to manufacture, receive, reproduce or possess child pornography. Language that outlaws creating images of children that appear to be engaging in sexual conduct has also been reinserted by Senators.
John Joseph Cartwright, 52, killed himself at home Tuesday night, two days before his scheduled sentencing for distributing child pornography. He faced up to 15 years in prison. He left behind a private and personal letter for his wife, which police would not provide further details. After receiving a complaint from a woman in James City County who posed as an 11-year-old girl in an Internet chat room, FBI agents raided Cartwright’s home in June. The chats she had with him continued over two weeks last April and May and
John Joseph Cartwright, 52, killed himself at home Tuesday night, two days before his scheduled sentencing for distributing child pornography. He faced up to 15 years in prison. He left behind a private and personal letter for his wife, which police would not provide further details. After receiving a complaint from a woman in James City County who posed as an 11-year-old girl in an Internet chat room, FBI agents raided Cartwright’s home in June. The chats she had with him continued over two weeks last April and May and
Douglas I. Scott, 34, thought he was communicating with a 12 year old boy online, instead he was actually communicating with a police officer. He was arranging a sexual encounter with the boy. Scott has been sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday, two more years than prosecutors had sought. According to the Chicago Tribune, Scott was a former security monitor and assistant athletic trainer at Elk Grove High School when he was arrested in 1997 for possessing child pornography that he downloaded from the Internet. He lost his job
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Parents must go beyond the stranger-danger warnings to protect children online. Lt. Bill Walsh, who oversees the Dallas Police Department’s child exploitation and family violence units said, Just like with traditional cases, there is a prevention role that parents and other people have to play. Two men have been arrested in the last week, accused of having sex with teenage girls they met online in chat rooms. Girls are meeting men for sex through chat rooms in the Dallas area. There have been at least five cases since last
Tom Rice, 58, is accused of arranging a sexual encounter over the Internet with an undercover investigator posing as a 13 year old boy. The former governor’s aide was released on $10,000 bond after being charged with attempting to have sex with the boy. He has been ordered to stay off the Internet and avoid unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18. If he is convicted he could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
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