BIG Whoopsy

Scott Logan, 29, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania received a rather dubious distinction when he became the 100th person arrested by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit since that unit’s inception in January 2005.

Logan was arrested on October 12th and charged with unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of a computer. Logan allegedly chatted with an undercover agent in Harrisburg who was posing as a 13-year-old girl. It is also alleged that Logan sent four nude photos to “her” in August.

Reportedly the affidavit that supports Logan’s arrest states that within minutes of making contact, the suspect offered and sent sexually explicit photos to the agent.

Logan who allegedly used the screen name “HornyOlderM” will face prosecution in Dauphin County because he allegedly engaged in the online exchange with an undercover agent stationed in Harrisburg.

For Mr. Logan’s effort he faces a $15,000 fine and incarceration for up to seven years on each of the charges if convicted.

References:

Predator sting nabs 100th (10/13/07)

Man is 100th arrested in state’s online sex stings (10/13/07)

Christopher L. Glaister, 29, of Mercer, Pennsylvania was arrest number 99 for the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit.

Glaister, who allegedly used the screen name of “Kit16137″ in a Yahoo chat room is charged with three counts each of unlawful contact with a minor, sending obscene and other sexual materials and performances on the Internet and criminal use of a communication facility.

It is alleged that Glaister approached three 13-year-old “girls” online asking for nude photographs. In each case, the person communicating with Glaister was in reality an agent with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.

It is alleged that Glaister sent each of them a picture of an erect penis and in return asked for nude photos of themselves or their mothers.

Glaister allegedly asked one of the “girls” about her sexual experience and told her that he wanted to have sex with both her and her mother.

Reference:

Mercer man charged in Internet sting

Kent Merrill Adamson, 45, of Creston, Iowa has been arrested and is facing federal charges of transporting obscene materials to a minor and coercion and exploitation of a minor.

It is alleged that between January 29 and July 26 that Adamson communicated with a special FBI agent who was working undercover and claimed to be a 14 year old female from Portland, Oregon and that over time that Adamson had 23 chat conversations with the supposed 14-year-old during which the chats were sexually oriented or sexually explicit.

It is also alleged that during at least four of those conversation Adamson specifically discussed meeting the “girl” for the purpose of having sex and graphically described what he would do to her if they met.

It is further alleged that on seven occasions Adamson invited the “girl” to view video produced by his webcam, in which he was performing obscene acts.

Once Adamson provided a phone number and video of his face, the special agent was able to trace Adamson’s whereabouts and on July 26, a search warrant was issued for Adamson’s residence. As a result of that search, three computers, various computer storage media and documents were seized.

Adamson has been placed on administrative leave by the school system and remains in custody of federal agents in Des Moines, Iowa. This case was the result of cooperative work on the part of the FBI, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Creston Police Department.

Reference:

Creston Man Charged in Internet Sex Sting

Creston man arrested on federal porn charges (10/10/07)

Creston Man Charged in Internet Sex Sting (10/10/07)

Eugene Harrison Hewitt, 33, of Sumter, South Carolina has been busted in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Anderson Police Department.

It is alleged that beginning on May 31, 2007, Hewitt solicited sex on the Internet with an individual he believed to be a twelve year old girl. The “girl” in reality turned out to be an officer with the Anderson Police Department.

Surprise, surprise.

On October 5th officers served a search warrant on Hewitt’s resident and seized a desktop computer and computer related equipment.

Hewitt has been charged with criminal solicitation of a minor and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

References:

Anderson Police Arrest Sumter Man In Internet Sting (10/09/07)

Sumter Man Arrested in Internet Predator Sting (10/09/07)

Ernest Roberts, 47, of Maui, Hawaii has been convicted by a Honolulu jury of electronic enticement of a child.

Roberts whose defense was predicate on being “entrapped” was unsuccessful in convincing the jury that law enforcement agents fooled him into doing something he was not inclined to do.

Reportedly Roberts spent months online with undercover police who claimed to be a young girl named Mariah Sato. It was alleged that Roberts solicited the girl to meet him for sex. When Roberts showed up near the designated meeting place he was arrested.

Roberts is scheduled for sentencing in December. He faces at least a year in jail and being required to register as a sex offender.

References:

Jury Finds Maui Man Guilty Of Electronic Enticement (10/08/07)

Tactic Against Sexual Predators Under Fire (10/03/07)