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7 Texas sex offenders found on MySpace

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7 sex offenders who use MySpace arrested:

With the information provided to the Texas Attorney General by MySpace, seven Texas sex offenders were arrested for being on MySpace.

In Houston, officials arrested Patrick Joseph Blevins, 49; Reginald Lee Collins, 27; Ronald Daven Metoyer, 41; and Robert Shepard Walter, 23. Walter was also charged last month with failing to register as a sex offender.

Scott Peter Hansen, 44, was arrested in Glenn Heights, a Dallas suburb. Information on his incarceration or attorney were not immediately available late Thursday.

Jason Labronte Carr, 31, was taken into custody in Austin. A Travis County jail official said Thursday night she did not have access to information on Carr’s attorney of record.

Jeremy Bryan Polak, 28, a parole violator accused of failing to register as a sex offender, was arrested in Round Rock, an Austin suburb. A Williamson County jail official said his records did not include Polak’s attorney of record.

The really creepy thing is when I was looking for their MySpaces I found a bunch with the same names that had varying ages. One had several different profiles that were attributed to his name and location that had different teenage ages.

Thanks to Shyloh for the tip.

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4 responses to “7 Texas sex offenders found on MySpace”

  1. BelchSpeak Avatar
    BelchSpeak

    Its interesting from a technical aspect as well.
    These guys were arrested, not for using myspace, but for failing to register as sex offenders after they were released.

    We know that MySpace is doing this by facial recognition. But if the SO’s failed to register with the state, were they somehow listing their addresses on their profiles? Because I have no idea how the cops knew where to look for these guys.

    They must have used the IP addresses, along with warrants to the ISP’s to track them down to a physical address.

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  2. Liepar Avatar
    Liepar

    Just 7? Somehow Im thinking they missed a few.

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  3. Trench Avatar
    Trench

    I’m sure they did but it seems like they’d rather have MySpace do their job for them.

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  4. Petor Mortis Avatar
    Petor Mortis

    The sad part of this affair is that (a) I know jason carr personally. He was on parole and had been authorized by parole to use the internet–since his parole ends in October. (b) Jason Carr never concealed his past or approached anyone. His friends on myspace were all adults with whom he had a professional relationship.

    The Texas Attorney General now has Jason in the middle of a political spotlight to build his image.

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