Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET OFFENDER CASES’

Mark A. Grossman, a 45 year old man from Bradenton, Florida, was sentenced today by US District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and crossing state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under the age of 12.  Grossman thought the he was talking to a nine year old girl when in fact, the girl was an undercover detective.  He was sentenced to 20 years in prison to be

Andrew Lubrano, a 39 year old Centereach man who is a registered Level 3 sex offender, was arrested for allegedly engaging in sexually explicit online chats with a person he thought was a teenage boy but was instead a detective. Lubrano, who lives with his five children at 120 Smithtown Polk Boulevard, was charged with attempted endangering the welfare of a child, a Class B misdemeanor, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, both misdemeanors. Police said they would have

gilroydispatch.com

When Juan Gutierrez, a Gilroy car salesman, arrived at a Petaluma house August 25 for a trystwith a
pre-teen girl he’d met online, he was greeted by television cameras and handcuffs. Gutierrezwas one of
29 men arrested in the three-day sting, a joint effort of Bay Area law enforcement andPerverted Justice,
a volunteer organization that monitors and exposes sexual predators.
(Gilroy, California)

John Dobrowolski, a 59 year old Connecticut man who traveled hundreds of miles to allegedly have sex with a 14 year old girl, has been arrested as part of a sting operation. The girl he had allegedly arranged to meet was actually an Internet Crimes Task Force member.

(Massilon, Ohio)

Karen Fletcher, a 54 year old woman who Pittsburgh authorities say ran a Web site that published graphic fictional tales about the torture and sexual abuse of children, has been indicted on federal obscenity charges. U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said, Use of the Internet to distribute obscene stories like these not only violates federal law, but also emboldens sex offenders who would target children.

(Pennsylvania)

Robin Culley O’Neill, a 53 year old man from Tooele, Utah, was convicted today on charges of using a computer connected to the Internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct and crossing a state line to have sex with a person under 12 years of age.  The jury found Nelson guilty on two counts (1) using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, and (2) crossing a state line with the intent to engage