The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mark Schmitz, 28, is accused of having sex with a 13 year old girl he met on the Internet. Hetold the girl he had a modeling agency and lured her to his house for sex. He has been charged withstatutory rape and statutory sodomy and is being held in St. Charles County Jail in lieu of $20,000bail.
Nicholas Oslander, 49, and Seth Kosofsky, 23, were arrested and appeared in federal court in connection with charges arising from an investigation of a worldwide child pornography trading ring. They were charged in separate criminal complaints with possession of child
pornography. If convicted, they both face maximum sentences of five years in prison, and fines of $250,000. They also face the forfeiture of their computer systems, which were seized.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
James Edward Henkle, II, 46, has been arrested and charged with various offenses relating toengaging in sexual activities with a minor child. He chatted online with a 13-year-old girl whoclaimed to be a virgin and attracted to older men with not-so-innocent interests. Turns out thegirl really is a 22-year-old woman who works for the investigative news section of Fox Television.Her job has been to pose as a 13-year-old girl in Internet chat rooms to see which adult men takethe bait. Henle was arrested at a Dallas/Fort Worth
The Bangor Daily News
Robert Seger, 38, is a convicted sex offender who shocked the city when he was arrested lastsummer and charged with numerous counts alleging sexual impropriety with minors. A federal grandjury indicted him and charged him with coercing three minors to perform sex acts that allegedlywere recorded and sent over the Internet. He has also been charged with possessing and receivingchild pornography. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each of three counts alleging thecoercion and then taping the incidents for purposes of creating a
A UNESCO conference urged Internet providers and parents Tuesday to combat pedophilia on the Internet but stopped short of calling for the global legal framework many had hoped for. Some of those attending the conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said the recommendations, passed by 325 experts from 40 countries, were not tough enough.
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