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6 Phillip Bryan Stewart txwantsome Investigator Curtis Sadler Arrested Kendall County Traveled to meet what he thought was a 13- year-old boy. Charged with criminal solicitation of a minor Also has a federal indictment for one count of Coercion and Enticement. Stewart was a married (now divorced) father of three children. His two boys were 10 and 12. His daughter was 8. Stewart was also a Little League baseball coach and coached basketball to minors in Junction.\ Convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison and must register as a sex offender.

7 Gregory Battson battsongr8 Investigator Katherine Smith Arrested Walker County Arrested for Criminal Attempt ‑ Sexual Assault of a Child Married with children

8 Patrick Craig Investigator Steve May Arrested Walker County Arrested for Criminal Attempt ‑ Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Minor. College student, is single and resides with his mother. Plead guilty to Attempted Sexual Performance of a Child. Convicted and sentenced to 10 years probation, 180 days in county jail, $2,000 fine and must register as a sex offender for 20 years.

9 Johnathan Keith Kana Investigator Cody Smirl Hays County (Buda, Tx) Arrested 6/29/05 Kana attempted to meet what he believed was a 13 year old female. Subject will be charged with Criminal Attempt - Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Criminal Attempt - Sexual Performance of a Child and Criminal Solicitation of a Minor. Kana resides in Lexington, Texas and is engaged to be married and has no children. Kana graduated in 2004 from Soutwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Kana was attending Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in pursuit of Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Music Ministry.

10 NCMEC Survey – Youth on the Internet (Ages 10 – 17)  1 in 33 received an aggressive sexual solicitation such as arranging for a meeting, called on telephone, sent them letters, etc.  1 in 4 received unwanted exposure to pictures of nude people having sex in the last year.  1in 17 was threatened or harassed.  Approximately 1 in 5 received a sexual solicitation or approach.  NCMEC (2000)

11 Where did this Sexual Solicitation take place?  Computer Locations –70% at home –22% at someone else’s home –4% at school –3% at library  Internet –65% in chatrooms –24% in Instant Message

12 Blog Sites  Facebook  Xanga  Myspace  Espinthebottle  Tagged  Blogspot  Cpixel  Hi5  Yahoo!360

13 CHILDREN— THE “IDEAL” VICTIM  Naturally curious  Easily led by adults  Need for attention and affection  Need to defy parents

14 REPORTING THE CRIME  25% of the youth who encountered a sexual solicitation or approach told a parent.  Less than 10% of sexual solicitations were reported to authorities such as a law- enforcement agency, an Internet Service Provider, or a hotline.

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16 Safety Tips  Webcams: –“Hacker Uses Webcam To Spy On Family” Click2Houston.com (2004). 15 yr old female surfing Internet Typing message to girlfriend and her message turns sexually explicit Hacker opened her disc drive Controlling not only computer but webcam The hacker even listened to conversations thru the microphone attached to the webcam

17 “Chatroom Lingo”  (((((((((name)))))))) - Giving so-and-so person a hug  AKA - Also Known As  ASAP - As Soon As Possible  B4 - Before  bbl - Be Back Later  bfn - Bye For Now  brb - Be Right Back  *EG* - an evil grin  FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions  FYI - For Your Information  *G* - a grin  G2G - Got To Go  GB - Goodbye  *GBG* - a great big grin  *GBS* - a great big smile  GG - Good Game  gl - Good Luck  imho - In My Humble Opinion  imo - In My Opinion  imnsho - In My Not So Humble Opinion  kotc - Kiss On The Cheek  kotl - Kiss On The Lips  l8r - Later  lmao - Laughing My Ass/Arse Off  lol - Laugh Out Loud  msg - Message  MYOB - Mind Your Own Business  pls - Please  rofl - Rolling On the Floor Laughing  roflmao - Rolling On Floor, Laughing My Ass Off  *S* - a smile  ttyl - Talk To You Later  ttys - Talk To You Soon  ty - Thank You  w/ - With  *W* - a wink  wb - Welcome Back  *weg* - Wicked Evil Grin  wtf - What The F**k  yw - Your Welcome  9- Adult has entered room  99- Adult has left room

18 Leetspeak Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards letter E, and "7" resembling the letter T. Others include "8" replacing the letter B, "9" used as a G, "0" (zero) in lieu of O, and so on. Non-alphabet characters can be used to replace the letters they resemble. For example, "5" or even "$" can replace the letter S. Applying this style, the word "leetspeek" can be written as "133t5p33k" or even "!337$p34k," with "4" replacing the letter A. Letters can be substituted for other letters that may sound alike. Using "Z" for a final letter S, and "X" for words ending in the letters C or K is common. For example, leetspeekers might refer to their computer "5x1llz" (skills). Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed. Some leetspeekers will capitalize every letter except for vowels (LiKe THiS) and otherwise reject conventional English style and grammar, or drop vowels from words (such as converting very to "vry"). Mistakes are often left uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (typos) such as "teh" instead of the are left uncorrected or sometimes adopted to replace the correct spelling. Non-alphanumeric characters may be combined to form letters. For example, using slashes to create "/\/\" can substitute for the letter M, and two pipes combined with a hyphen to form "|-|" is often used in place of the letter H. Thus, the word ham could be written as "|-|4/\/\."

QUESTIONS? Sgt. Paul Aleman Cyber Crimes Unit (512)