Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET OFFENDER CASES’

Wesley Evans, 36, and his wife, Jennifer, have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to lure a 15 year old girl into sex.  Wesley Evans was arrested Tuesday outside of the baggage carousel area at McCarran International Airport.  Evans had sent a one-way plane ticket to someone he believed was a 15 year old Florida girl.  In reality, the person Evans was corresponding with via the Internet was an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigator.  He was charged with using a computer to persuade, induce, entice and

Ken Gourlay, 29, was accused at a congressional hearing of molesting a teenage boy and has been convicted of charges including enticing a child to engage in sexually abusive activity.  He was convicted Friday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and faces more than 20 years in state prison.  He was accused of sexually assaulting Justin Berry and using him to produce and distribute child pornography over the Internet.  

(Michigan)

Newsday/John Moreno Gonzalez

Jeffrey Francois, a 27 year old Westbury man, pleaded guilty yesterday to receiving childpornography after a police officer in Germany downloaded the materials from him through the KaZaAcomputer network. Francois faces a maximum of 20 years in prison after admitting the felony in U.S.District Court in Central Islip.

(New York)

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure that would bar released sex offenders from using the Internet and impose new rules on online dating sites.

(New Jersey)

Newsday/Brandon Bain

Two proposed federal bills aimed at stopping registered sex offenders from using the Internet toprey on children or access child pornography would give local law enforcement officials anddistrict attorneys’ offices more tools to prevent, investigate and prosecute sex crimes. The SAFEAct of 2007 would require electronic communications service providers such as America Online toreport any explicit child porn they discover to the National Center for Missing and ExploitedChildren, which will turn the information over to law enforcement. Providers failing to report suchsites could face a fine of $150,000 for

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against MySpace filed by the family of a 13 year old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19 year old man she met online.  The $30 million lawsuit accused the site of having no measures to protect children who use it.  The lawsuit also named MySpace’s parent company, News Corp., and the 19 year old, whose criminal case has not yet gone to trial.