Read more sexual predator stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6560/sexual-predator.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74435/cops-use-facebook-to-bust-underage-drinkers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWisconsin college student Adam Bauer should represent a cautionary tale for Facebook users under 21, or otherwise on the wrong side of the law: be careful what you post, and whom you friend. Shortly after accepting a request from an unfamiliar, “good-looking girl,” Bauer was invited to the local police...http://www.newser.com/story/74435/cops-use-facebook-to-bust-underage-drinkers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73301/a-sex-predator-speaks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom Pennsylvania detective Michele Deery’s perspective the story goes like this: Fishing for sexual predators, she logged online posing as a mother who wanted to find someone to have sex with her two young daughters. She soon found a nearby man who, without too much prompting, offered to have sex...http://www.newser.com/story/73301/a-sex-predator-speaks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 12:41:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65244/evangelist-convicted-on-10-counts-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who became an outfitter to the stars and fought the federal government over claims he underpaid followers for church work, was convicted today in Arkansas of taking five girls across state lines for sex. The jury of nine men and three women found Alamo...http://www.newser.com/story/65244/evangelist-convicted-on-10-counts-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 12:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49786/sex-offenders-kicked-off-myspace-land-on-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMySpace grabbed headlines today when it announced that it had kicked 90,000 registered sex offenders off the site over the past 2 years. Where did they all go? Many went to Facebook, says Sentinel, the security firm that roots out such offenders for MySpace. “We found over 8,000...http://www.newser.com/story/49786/sex-offenders-kicked-off-myspace-land-on-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 16:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47906/danger-from-internet-predators-overstated-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRemember all the hoopla about sexual predators on MySpace? Well … never mind. A task force created by 49 state attorneys general finds no significant problem with minors being propositioned by adults on social-networking sites, the Raleigh News & Observer reports, with widespread fears to the contrary a “moral panic....http://www.newser.com/story/47906/danger-from-internet-predators-overstated-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 14:48:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40615/man-who-lured-boy-on-facebook-gets-35-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 25-year-old Chicago stockbroker was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for soliciting sex from minors on Facebook, the Tribune reports. Facebook said this appears to be the first case of a sexual predator using the social networking site. Michael Macalindong posed as a girl to lure a teenage...http://www.newser.com/story/40615/man-who-lured-boy-on-facebook-gets-35-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 13:49:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26932/facebook-sets-safeguards-against-sexual-predators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook has implemented more than 40 additional measures to protect users from pedophiles and online bullying, the AP reports. The site now limits results for older users searching for minors, and has banned sex offenders from registering. "Building a safe and trusted online experience has been part of Facebook from...http://www.newser.com/story/26932/facebook-sets-safeguards-against-sexual-predators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 May 2008 16:42:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26197/canada-raises-age-of-sexual-consent-to-16.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCanada increased the minimum age of sexual consent by 2 years to 16 today, the Canadian Press reports. The law is intended to snare sexual predators who prey on 14- and 15-year-olds, and exempts sex that occurs between two individuals less than five years apart in age. Canada's age of...http://www.newser.com/story/26197/canada-raises-age-of-sexual-consent-to-16.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 May 2008 14:43:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17673/sex-convicts-may-face-internet-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York's 25,000 convicted sex criminals will be banned from Facebook and MySpace if a bill unveiled today becomes law, CNET reports. Dubbed E-Stop, the legislation requires sex convicts to submit online identities and screen names so participating sites can block them. Those who committed a sex crime over...http://www.newser.com/story/17673/sex-convicts-may-face-internet-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Jan 2008 18:45:09 CST