Kudos to Cali
US child molester gets 152 years
A man in the US state of California has been sentenced to 152 years in prison for abusing two 12-year-old boys.
Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, 65, was convicted last year on 11 charges of child molestation and one charge of possessing child pornography.
He had previous convictions for child sexual assault in other states.
When he was arrested at his home in San Jose in June 2005, police found detailed accounts of sex acts with hundreds of children.
The notebooks also contained pornographic photographs of children.
During the trial, Schwartzmiller said the memoirs were fictional.
But prosecutors said he had abused children for several decades and was one of the most prolific paedophiles in the US.
“Based on his logs and manuscripts, we figure a minimum of 250 (victims),” said Santa Clara county prosecutor Steve Fein.
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Boyish, cunning and cruel: Online predator shut down
A young man with an ‘amazingly complex’ system, Mark Bedford faces a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty to extortion and child pornography-related charges, writes Bruce Ward.
Bruce Ward, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, January 25, 2008
How a beguiling blackmailer from Kingston coerced hundreds of young girls into performing acts of degradation, live and online. A story of lost innocence and misplaced trust.
Mark Bedford looks about 16 and is boy-band handsome, like Donny Osmond in his Puppy Love days or maybe Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller.
But Mr. Bedford is 23. He is a cunning and cruel online predator whose pitch perfect impersonation of a teenage girl fooled hundreds of girls in Canada and Britain. Several girls, including one 10-year-old, were coerced into performing degrading sexual acts in front of their webcams after being duped by Mr. Bedford.
He now faces a harsh prison sentence after pleading guilty to 10 extortion and child pornography-related charges last week in a Kingston courtroom.
News From Japan
Suspected serial child molester collared in Akita
AKITA — A man suspected of a series of child molestation cases in recent months has been arrested after he tailed an elementary schoolgirl and then fondled her in an apartment block elevator here, police said.
Naoki Yamagami, 28, was arrested for indecent assault after he allegedly performed indecent acts on the 10-year-old girl.
Yamagami admits to the allegations and has become the prime suspect in 11 similar unsolved cases reported in Akita since September last year.
Police said the case for which Yamagami was arrested involved him following the elementary schoolgirl home on Jan. 12, sneaking into the same elevator as her and then performing indecent acts on her. The girl broke away from Yamagami’s clutches and fled into her home.
Alicia’s Law
Alicia Kozakiewicz was abducted six years ago by a man she met online. For four days she was brutally raped and chained to his floor while he continued to go to work and bragged online about kidnapping a young girl. Finally a team of law enforcement officers specializing in cybercrime rescued her and arrested him.
The nineteen-year-old now spends much of her time making presentations about online safety and going to schools to warn others about online predators through her story. Last year she testified before congress, “Please support the children. Save us from pedophiles, the pornographers, the monsters. The boogeyman is real, and he lives on the Net. He lived on my computer, and he lives in yours. While you are sitting here, he’s at home with your children. . . . Task forces all over this country are poised to capture him, to put him in that prison cell with the man who hurt me. They can do it; they want to do it. Don’t you?”
Teachers Arrested for Online Solicitation
Internet Crime detectives are ensnaring predators simply by saying that they are 14-year-old girls, opening up a chat with them and letting the men walk themselves right into a nice pair of silver bracelets. It seems to happen every week. Examples:
Anthony Waguespack arrested for computer-aided solicitation and indecent behavior. This 54-year-old band teacher at Assumption High School in Napoleonville, LA used the screenname “anotherbadgolfer2” and started up a chat with a young girl. Then he sent her webcam footage of himself maturating.
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Applause for MySpace Changes
The people behind MySpace are taking aim at cyber-bullies and online predators with their new regulations. Their goal is to try and help protect minors from some of the hazards they face online. Police, educators, legislator and parents are applauding the effort.
Although these regulations are only a small piece of the safety puzzle they may help. Parents must provide the majority of safety pieces with supervision, rules, and discussions with their little online users. But now parents have a hand from MySpace.
Young Girl tells on Online Predator
A 16-year-old girl told investigators about her online conversations with a 27-year-old man. After sexually explicit conversations the man, Gary M. Layman, requested that the young girl send him photos via email of her private parts. Mr. Layman used the online name of “warhammer_1021.”
He was arrested and charged with a felony of attempt to “seduce, Read the rest of this entry »
MySpace Finally Stepping Up
“Today we form a partnership that will protect children, purge predators, and expunge inappropriate content including pornography,” stated Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumentha.
The popular networking site MySpace has reached an agreement with 49 states. There goal was to try and improve safety online. Texas did not sign the agreement under protests that new security measures were inadequate.
Children aren’t Predators Only Prey
If you think that online predators are only after 13-year-old girls then you are sadly mistaken. Aside for online scams, Craiglist abuse, and identity theft, Online-dating site can be a problem.
Just his week police arrested two men for the date rape of women that they had met on internet dating sites.
A 40 year old man who used the name “Houndman” was arrested and faces several charges after raping two women on two separate occasions. He met them online and brought them back to his rural property.
High School Teacher Arrested!
Matthew E. McGuire was a 29 year old High School Spanish Teacher. He spent his spare time coaching the boys and girls track team and according to North Virgina detectives chatting with what he thought was a 13-year-old online.
Detectives had several conversations with the teacher online. He asked for a photo of her and upon receiving it sent back a photo of a man exposing himself. Because of this very bad online behavior he was arrested and being charged with attempted indecent liberties with a minor and use of a computer to solicit sex with a minor.