10-26-2010-Thursday - Wise County Messenger

WISE COUNTY MESSENGER Decatur, Texas, Thursday, October 28, 2010How to Avoid Sexual Predators on the InternetCourtesy Surfing the Net with Kids – surfnetkids.comThe truth is scary. Thetruth is that there are sexualpredators lurking on theInternet. In the newspaper,there are stories all the timeabout perverted, lawless mencaught in Internet stings.These perverted, lawlessmen were pretending to becute, shy, teenage boys. Thegirls that went to meet themwere police pretending tobe innocent teenage girls.Fortunately, the storiesare about the men who getcaught and they have goodendings. That is, pervertsbehind bars. Unfortunately,there are more real girls thatshow up for those “dates”than policemen and thosestories only make the newswhen the outcome is verybad.If you think that itcouldn’t happen to you, thinkagain. Over 50% of teenageInternet users report beingpropositioned sexually. Ifyou are using the Internetto make new friends, youare the target of thesepredators. Besides not usingthe Internet, there are thingsALVORDthat you can do to avoidsexual predators.One thing you can do is bewary of chat rooms. Whilechat rooms are entertaining,they are also a popularhangout for Internet badguys. The bad guys love chatrooms where teenagers hangout, and they are very smart.If anyone ever suggests thatyou “go private” with yourchat you should suspect thatperson. Private conversationsare the first thing that abad guy will try to get youinvolved with.Never post or send sexuallysuggestive pictures. If youwouldn’t show the pictureto your grandmother, do notpost it on the Internet. Youshould actually be carefulposting any pictures atall. Perverts are just thatperverted.They might see aperfectly innocent picture andbegin to obsess about you. Itdoesn’t have to be anythingsexy, maybe they just like theshape of your eyebrows, butonce a predator notices you,you are in danger. Try not todo anything that will get younoticed.Do not engage in any kindof sexual conversation online.You have no idea who youare talking to. Even if youthink you have made a friendwith a younger teenage girland they start asking youfor sexual advice, stop. Donot engage in any sexualconversations with anybodyfor any reason.Be aware. You should knowthat there are predators outthere. Become educated abouthow they work. The bad guysspend a lot of time “grooming”their victims before theyever suggest a meeting. Apredator might pretend to besomeone your age who flirtswith you. A predator mightalso pretend to be someoneslightly older who “reallyunderstands.” They might tryto engage you in conversationby being rude or offensiveand getting you to argue withthem.Because communicationon the Internet offers nopersonal cues there isvirtually no way to tell if theperson you are chatting withis a good guy or a bad guy.Even if you get a picture ofsomebody, there is no way toknow that the person in thepicture is the person you arechatting with.The most importantrule for avoiding Internetsexual predators is to neverever go alone to meet aperson from the Internet.It doesn’t matter what thecircumstance is. If you goto meet a person from theInternet you are puttingyourself in danger. If theperson is genuine and wantsto meet with you they won’tmind meeting you with yourparents or a group of friends.In fact, it should be insultingif the person suggests thatyou meet alone. If they careenough about you to meetyou, certainly they want youto be smart and to protectyourself.Millions of people use theInternet everyday withouttroubles. There are predatorsout there but by followingthese tips and by educatingyourself you will be safe andInternet savvy.ALVORDWilliam Robert Bell606 Denver St., Alvord, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 12 • Victim Sex: FemaleALVORDThomas Roy Fowler507 School Oaks Rd., Alvord, TXIndecency with a child by exposureVictim Age: 4 • Victim Sex: FemaleAZLEJohn Richard Casaccio162 CR 1271, Alvord, TXAggravated sexual assault of a childVictim Age: 11 • Victim Sex: FemaleJody Dan Freeman4491 US Hwy. 287, Lot #22, Alvord, TXSexual assaultVictim Age: 18 • Victim Sex: FemaleChristopher Michael Green1157 West Bypass US Hwy. 287,Apt. #205 Alvord, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 6 • Victim Sex: FemaleTerry Lee McElroy413 PR 2698, Alvord, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 9 • Victim Sex: FemaleJeffery Michael Oldenburg1636 CR 1270, Alvord, TXSexual assault (Out-of-state conviction - MN)Victim Age: 16 • Victim Sex: FemaleTerry Mack Pearson251 Rollingwood Rd., Alvord, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 5 • Victim Sex: FemaleRobert Jo Fisher7616 Briar Rd., Azle, TXIndecemcy with a child, Sexual contact X2Victim Age: 4 & 9 • Victim Sex: Male & FemaleKenneth Michael Riggs143 PR 4862, Azle, TXSexual assault of a child(Solicitation to commit)Victim Age: 15 • Victim Sex: FemaleBOYDDavid Wayne Bohannan390 CR 4591, Boyd, TXAggravated sexual assaultVictim Age: 27 • Victim Sex: FemaleRusty Dwain Byrd693 CR 4790, Boyd, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 8 • Victim Sex: FemaleYvonne Ruth Dalton130 CR 4632, Boyd, TXAggravated sexual assault of a childVictim Age: 4 • Victim Sex: FemaleFranklin Allan Hatten201 Brighton Oaks Dr., Boyd, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contact X3Indecency with a child by exposureVictim Age: 8, 9, 9 & 9 • Victim Sex: MaleDennis Neal Jaynes160 CR 4692, Boyd, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 14 • Victim Sex: FemaleClay O’Brian Nelson241 CR 4899, Boyd, TXIndecency with a child by exposureVictim Age: 7 • Victim Sex: MaleBOYDBRIDGEPORTRyli Dawn Richardson1815 CR 4698, Boyd, TXIndecency with a child by exposure X2Victim Age: 15 • Victim Sex: MaleRoger Dale Smith8114 FM 51 South, Boyd, TXAggravated sexual assaultVictim Age: 13 • Victim Sex: FemaleAllen Ray Suckly II152 PR 4810, Boyd, TXAggravated sexual assaultVictim Age: 26 • Victim Sex: FemaleDaniel Eugene Abney1446 CR 3424, Bridgeport, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 8 • Victim Sex: FemaleGalelama Julian Butcher III135 PR 1512, Lot #1, Bridgeport, TXAggravated sexual assault X2,Sexual assaultVictim Age: 13 & 16 • Victim Sex: FemaleMark Allen Cooke196 CR 3203, Bridgeport, TXSexual assault of a childVictim Age: 2 • Victim Sex: MaleBRIDGEPORTTroy Eugene Gregston134 CR 3225, Bridgeport, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 13 • Victim Sex: FemaleJames Luther Hill1504 Irvin St., Bridgeport, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 12 • Victim Sex: FemaleJulio Angelo Ortega1542 Cuba Rd., Bridgeport, TXAggravated sexual assaultVictim Age: 6 • Victim Sex: FemaleTommy Carl Pendergrass156 CR 3203, Bridgeport, TXIndecncy with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 10 • Victim Sex: FemaleDickie Jay Read1024 CR 3225, Bridgeport, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 16 • Victim Sex: MaleEmilio G. Rodriguez1708 Cates St., Bridgeport, TXIndecency with child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 12 • Victim Sex: FemaleBRIDGEPORTCHICOBobby Ray Vega135 PR 1512, Lot #7, Bridgeport, TXIndecency with a child, Sexual contactVictim Age: 15 • Victim Sex: FemaleMichael Ray Wall2525 Hwy. 101, Bridgeport, TXSexual assault (Out-of-state conviction)Victim Age: 11 • Victim Sex: FemaleCaroline Marie Bilyeu2384 FM 5736, Chico, TXSexual assault of a child X2Victim Age: 5 •Victim Sex: FemaleGary Dale Britton468 CR 1637, Chico, TXAggravated sexual assaultVictim Age: 9 • Victim Sex: FemaleRonald Eugene McMurley468 CR 1637, Chico, TXAggravated sexual assaultVictim Age: 12 • Victim Sex: FemaleJerry Lynn Parnell884 CR 1743, #B, Chico, TXIndecency with a child by exposureVictim Age: 5 • Victim Sex: Female