TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: child assault

  • Another Hawaii Arrest

    Another Hawaii Arrest

    Another Suspected Internet Predator Nabbed:

    A third sexual predator has been arrested in Hawaii while using MySpace to select his prey…

    (KHNL) — It’s another frightening reminder of the dangers lurking on the internet. A Waikiki man is in police custody, accused of sexually assaulting a girl he met on-line.

    It’s at least the third time in one month that Honolulu police have made this type of arrest. That’s three different men who are suspected of turning their on-line relationships, with minors, into sexual ones.

    “The fact that we have three now so far this year gives us reason to be very concerned about it,” Capt. Frank Fujii, Honolulu Police Department, said.

    Officers arrested Matthew Cargill Sunday. Police say the 29-year-old posed as a 16-year-old boy on MYSPACE.COM, and arranged to meet with a 15-year-old girl.

    The victim told investigators the suspect sexually assaulted her in his car, near the U.H. Manoa campus. Police recovered the suspect’s car in Waikiki.

    Officers arrested Cargill for investigation of two counts of first-degree sex assault, five counts of third-degree sex assault, and one count of electronic enticement of a child.

    Court records indicate Cargill has prior convictions for indecent exposure, open lewdness, and harassment by stalking.

    Since he was using a fake profile, I was unable to find his MySpace profile.

    This should serve as a warning to that the person that they’re chatting with on MySpace may not be who they seem, and as a warning to parents about what their children may be up to online.

  • Mr. A Returns

    Mr. A Returns

    Mr. A comes through again. Only he’s not so mysterious anymore. Mr. A has his own site that is not unlike much this one. Where I focus on the criminals, Mr. A focuses mostly on the victims. You can visit his site here.

    Anyway, Mr. A has come through big time for the long coated one again. This time he sent me a cached MySpace profile of one Stephen M. Letavec, the father of two from Elrama, Pa. who molested a 14-year-old girl in his car while in Conn.

    Welcome to the Rogues Gallery Steve.

  • Grand Jury Indictments in Conn. Molestations

    Grand Jury Indictments in Conn. Molestations

    Grand jury indicts pair in MySpace molestations:

    The two scumbags that were arrested in Conn. for two unrelated incidents of child molestation of girls they met through MySpace have been indicted by a grand jury…

    Stephen M. Letavec, a 39-year-old father of two from Elrama, Pa., is accused in a four-count indictment of using the Internet to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity and three counts of crossing state lines to engage in sexual conduct with a minor.

    Letavec, who is being detained without bond, faces up to 30 years and a $250,000 fine on each count.

    The second man, Sonny I. Szeto, 22, of Nashua, N.H., is accused of using the Internet to entice a minor into sexual activity and traveling across state lines to have illegal sexual activity with a minor.

    Szeto, a recent college graduate, is accused of sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl in her parents’ home while they were asleep upstairs. He faces up to 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on both charges.

    The fact that one of them is a father of two is more than disheartening.

  • Two molestations in Conn.

    Two molestations in Conn.

    Prosecutors: Men used MySpace to meet underage girls for sex:

    I am horrified by this article…

    Two men from Pennsylvania and New Jersey used the popular networking Web site MySpace.com to set up sexual encounters with underage Connecticut girls, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

    The two unrelated cases come after weeks in which the potential danger of MySpace has been a topic of discussion for law enforcement, parents and school officials nationwide.

    In one case, Sonny Szeto, 22, of Jersey City, N.J., traveled to Connecticut in October and molested an 11-year-old girl in her playroom while her parents slept upstairs, according to an FBI affidavit.

    In the other case, Stephen Letavec, 39, molested a 14-year-old Connecticut girl in his car while visiting from of Elrama, Pa., in October, according to another FBI report.

    Police in Middletown are investigating recent reports that as many as seven local girls were sexually assaulted by men in their 20s who contacted them through MySpace pretending to be teenagers.

    Emphasis mine.

    What the hell was an 11-year-old girl doing on the internet unsupervised, anyway?

    The internet is not someplace an 11-year-old girl needs to be wandering around aimlessly. Parents, if this isn’t a wake-up a call, I don’t know what is.