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  • SI Teen’s story checks out

    SI Teen’s story checks out

    Sex Offender Arrested for Allegedly Abusing Boy, Handcuffing Him to Tree:

    The other day, when I posted about the Staten Island teen who was found tied to a tree after an alleged MySpace meeting, I have to admit I was a little suspicious of his story. Well, shame on me because police have arrested a suspect.

    A tip led police to the 26-year-old man, whose photo was identified by the boy, said Lt. Robert Sprague. Investigators later found the boy’s bracelet and his cell phone at the suspect’s Staten Island house, he said. Charges were pending in the case.

    Investigators said the man had a 1999 conviction for sodomy and endangering the welfare of a child.

    Police said the suspect also was involved in the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old boy on Staten Island on March 5.

    My apologies for doubting.

  • SI Teen tied to tree after MySpace meeting

    SI Teen tied to tree after MySpace meeting

    Boy’s MySpace nightmare:

    A Staten Island teen was rescued yesterday after being found tied to a tree off of the Staten Island Expressway. The teen says that his attacker was not a stranger and that he knew him from MySpace.

    The source said the two made contact on MySpace.com, a popular social networking Web site. The teen, who investigators said comes from a “solid family,” initially told police he was accosted by a knife-wielding man as he walked to a nearby bus stop.

    As cops continued to interview the teen throughout the day, he offered “a little bit more.”

    The source said the two made contact on MySpace.com, a popular social networking Web site. The teen, who investigators said comes from a “solid family,” initially told police he was accosted by a knife-wielding man as he walked to a nearby bus stop.

    The source declined to speculate as to why the teen and his attacker agreed to meet, or why their rendezvous ended with the bizarre episode.

    The teen described his assailant as a black man in his 20s or 30s, wearing dark clothing, police said.

    This is a bizarre story indeed, and I don’t think all the facts are in.