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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Online sex predators give me the creeps
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last Friday, Peachtree City Police made their 19th arrest in the department’s ongoing Internet child sex sting operation.
According to a story by my colleague Kathy Jefcoats, a 52-year-old man from Snellville engaged in “extremely” sexually-explicit conversations with an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl. The man was charged with violating the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1999.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock—like some of these suspects seem to be doing—you know that our local police have spent the last couple of years pursuing online sexual predators.
You’d think by now, if a predator was communicating online with an individual who they believe is underage, and they’re told to meet in Peachtree City, the conversation would end abruptly. But, then again, have you seen the “Dateline” investigations where the individuals have been caught on tape soliciting sex from a minor — twice?
As a Peachtree City parent, I want to believe that the police department is making my children’s world safer by thwarting the actions of some very disturbed individuals. But I still get the creeps when I see the words “sexual predator” and “Peachtree City” in the same headline.
What do you think of the Peachtree City police’s sting operation? Do you think predators will ever get the message not to mess with Peachtree City?
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