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Some of these stories just defy sensibility. Brandon Jaffe, a 15 year old baby sitter in Central Florida was arrested for forcing two 8-year-olds to perform sex acts on him. How do we know, the parents had installed a hidden surveillance camera to video tape happens in the home.
The video captured Jaffe forcing the young children to perform oral sex on him, a police news release said.
The high school student faces 11 felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child.
“These type of cases require us to be very meticulous in collecting evidence. We will continue to review all facets of this case until the investigation is completed,” said Flagler County Sheriff Donald W. Fleming.
(WKMG Local 6)
We can’t wait to hear his boy’s defense attorney claim that his clients civil rights were violated and his right to privacy by being video taped with out his permission. Of course this is sarcasm; however, there is most likely an attorney out there that would have no issue doing so.
The police are now worried that there may have been other previous victims. People are urged to call the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office if they have any information.
March 9th, 2006 at 09:57am
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What can be worse than a missing persons case? If that is possible. How about sex offenders missing from a state database? That seems to be the case being reported in Texas. The problem came when they went looking for convicted sex offenders living in Harris County and Houston from the Texas’ sex offender database.
The station obtained a list from the state prison system. It contained all the names of inmates who served time for sex-related offenses and who were released without any parole stipulations except the requirement to register as sex offenders.
The Troubleshooters checked all 320 names on the list and found some surprising results.
Eight came back as absconders, or fugitives, from the law.
Thirty-three were back in jail or prison.
Four had their address listed as homeless streets.
One listed a post office box as an address.
To make matters even worse some came back with addresses, unknown.
But he is more concerned about the offenders whose addresses came back as “unknown” on the Department of Public Safety’s sex offender database.
The Troubleshooters found four of those.
Then, there were those offenders who came back with no address — meaning they never registered.
It is going to be rather difficult to protect the law abiding citizens from sex offenders if the system has no idea where they are or how to track them.
“We have offenders that are just coming out, discharging their sentence. They’re not under parole. They’re not under probation supervisions. Unfortunately, we have to take them at their word where they are residing. There is no checks and balances,” Kahan said.
The Troubleshooters found 12 former inmates with no record — meaning the state has no idea where they are.
How are we supposed to keep children and women safe, let alone reduce the occurrences of sex related crimes if the most basic standards of keeping track of them are not followed? The following is a eye opening statement that should cause fear and anger to the good citizens of Texas. However, somehow I doubt whether the state of Texas is alone in this problem.
Add that to the loophole that no one checks to make sure the offenders even register.
Of the more than 500,000 sex offenders registered nationally, 25 percent are out of compliance with their parole officer. That adds up to more than 25,000 missing sex offenders.
Keep in mind that does not include all the ones who serve their full sentence, got out and never registered.
February 20th, 2006 at 12:23am
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There has been many questions lately as to the goings-on of MySpace.com accounts. The latest craze of individuals, especially teens sharing far to much information has made for many terrible and exploitative situations. Such is the latest scenario out of Connecticut where “police are investigating whether as many as seven teenage girls have been sexually assaulted by men they met through the popular Web site MySpace.com.”
The girls, ages 12 to 16, are from Middletown and say they were fondled or had consensual sex with men who turned out to be older than they claimed. None of the incidents appeared to be violent, said Middletown Police Sgt. Bill McKenna.
He said it was difficult to determine the exact number of victims because some girls have been reluctant to disclose that they met their assailants online.
The social networking Web site allows users to create profiles that can include photos, personal information and even cell phone numbers.
There have just been a continual rash of stories like this where some luckily wind up being a harmless encounter; however, most turn out to be much worse. The concept that teenagers will accept as the truth who they are conversing with on the internet is shocking. The fact that it may not be a 16 year old boy but in fact a 28, 38 or 58 year old man and potential sexual predator just sometimes never comes into their conscious. The following are just some recent internet meetings that went too far with a complete lack of judgment.
Missing St. Paul Teen,Abbi Lee Welch, Reported Found
A 15-year-old girl who was reported missing from St. Paul and who police thought may have left to meet a man she met on the Internet, is home safe, her father said tonight.
Abbi Lee Welch was last seen at about 9 p.m. yesterday in St. Paul’s North End, near Rice Street and Lawson Avenue. She told friends that she met a man on www.myspace.com and he was coming from Kentucky to pick her up, police had said.
Missing Brittany Lynn Lovett, 15, Believed to be with Brian Agnew, 19, who She Met On Internet
The police state that they know the whereabouts of a missing 15-year-old Columbus girl, Brittany Lynn Lovett. She is said to be with Brian Agnew, 19, who she met on the internet.
Police Searching for 27 year old Jason Iannazzi and 14 year old Cheynne DeCicco
Police are searching for 27-year-old Jason Iannazzi of Watertown, MA 14-year-old Cheynne DeCicco of Brea, CA. Her parents reported her missing earlier this month. Where did they meet? The Internet of course.
Erin Nembhard FOUND!!!
A missing teenage girl, who ran away with a man she met on the Internet who then took her to the home of a known sex offender, walked into the Opa-locka police station Monday asking to go back home.
Monica Sharp, a 17 year old from Richmond, has been missing since Sept. 18, 2005
A missing Virginia teenager may be in the company of a man (Jeffery Nichols, 57) from Belleville, according to Richmond, Va., Police.
Sharp’s family and police suspect she may be with Jeffery Nichols, 57, of Belleville.
Then of course there is the tragic case of Taylor Behl: Taylor Behl’s internet blog Aides in the Investigation
All too often teenagers are using MySpace.com, Tickle, Xanga, Zorpia, MSN Spaces and providing far too much information for the world to see and having far too open a conversation with individuals they would never have face to face. The worst part is they actually cross the boundary of cyber space to physical meetings.
Teenagers please use common sense and parents beware; however, companies like MySpace do have responsibility in all of this as much as they would like to think they do not. The following statement was provided by MySpace.com:
MySpace.com said it was committed to providing a safe environment for its users. The site, which includes safety tips, also prohibits use by anyone younger than 14, though a disclaimer says the people who run the site can’t always tell if users are lying about their ages.
Funny MySpace.com, what would happen to proprietors that sell liquor if they took the same tact? They say they are 21, therefore I can sell alcohol to them? Hardly. If you know that predatorial practices occur then it is your responsibility to create checks that will create a safe environment. The law of unintended consequences is that sexual predators gravitate to these sights that are dominated by teens and those in their young twenties. Knowing that, it is your obligation to do much more than just ask if someone is 14 and take their word for it.
You have created the social environment, now control it.
February 4th, 2006 at 12:41am
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Yet another terrible situation in New York City with the child welfare agency. It is reported that Administration for Children’s Services caseworkers had visited the apartment where Quachon lived in November 2005 and reported it “to be in order.” Well, once again with the case of children case workers the term “in order” could not have been further from the truth.
A woman and her boyfriend were arrested Tuesday in the alleged beating death of her 4-year-old son, the latest in a recent series of child abuse fatalities that have rattled the city’s child welfare agency.
Alicia Smith, 26, faces a manslaughter charge in the death of Quachon Brown, police said. Her boyfriend, Jose Calderone, 18, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge.
Investigators believe Calderone physically abused the child, a police official said.
In less than two months from when case workers visited the home of Quachon Brown, “in order” became everything but. When police had entered the Bronx apartment they found Quachon dead with what appeared to be a fractured skull and other injuries.
Police responding to a 911 call early Monday found Quachon dead in the family’s filthy Bronx apartment. Investigators think the boy had died Sunday.
Autopsy results were pending, but police said there was preliminary evidence that the child had a fractured skull, a damaged liver and atrophied leg muscles.
(AP)
When will these stories end and children’s services take their positions more seriously? These people handle cases of the most vulnerable among us. Maybe they should start acting like it.
February 1st, 2006 at 12:06am
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No matter what you want to call it, profiling or stereotyping, in this day and age it just may be good common sense. In Australian, men are barred from sitting next to unaccompanied children on flights. Sure there may be an insinuation, but if its a rule for all males could it just be perceived as a guideline in the best interest and welfare of children. Although such a rule would not have prevented this from happening.
However, before people start spouting off about their civil rights are being violated or they were made to feel embarrassed. Stop and think that it may not be about them. Sometimes is about this 10-year-old girl who was molested, Or the fact that kids flying alone may be targets of airport predators. Rather than worrying about adults first, why don’t we put the children’s welfare first this time?
Read the full story at the Travel Bloggers.
cross posted at Scared Monkeys
December 20th, 2005 at 11:36pm
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12-year-old Teketria Buggs is still missing as searches have come up empty in recent days. It is reported that the sheriff will be withdrawing his deputies at this time due to lack of leads. Its appears that future searches will be left up to volunteers to continue.
However, Sheriff Milton Wright reportedly is withdrawing deputies from the search because the manpower is needed elsewhere.
That leaves the search for the missing girl in the hands of volunteers, led by non-profit search-and-rescue members of EquuSearch Texas, members of the Orchard Volunteer Fire Department and residents of the community.
Due to these actions, Texas EquuSearch has put out a call to arms for volunteers to please help and search for the missing Teketria Buggs .
The development has prompted EquuSearch to ask for volunteers to help search beginning Saturday morning. Especially needed are people with horses and four-wheel-drive vehicles, said EquuSearch spokeswoman Barbara Gibson of Houston.
Anyone who can help comb the rural area is urged to “bundle up really good” against the weather and meet at the Orchard Volunteer Fire Department, a block east of State Highway 36 in Orchard, Gibson said. Searchers have assembled at 8 each weekday morning, but Gibson was unsure if the search will begin that early on Saturday.
“The volunteer fire department has really put in the hours,” she said. “Those are some incredible people right there.”
(Full Fort Bend Now article)
December 10th, 2005 at 08:47pm
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Authorities are calling off their search for the missing Ft. Bend County girl, 12-year-old Teketria Buggs . They’ve been looking for the 12-year-old Teketria Buggs of Orchard, who was last seen late Friday night.
A dive team with the Texas Department of Public Safety spent much of Friday in the water of the Brazos River — one of two locations where cadaver dogs picked up some sort of scent earlier this week.
“You will probably find something,” said Ft. Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright. “It won’t necessarily be a human body, but there will be something there.”
But on Friday, they didn’t find anything. Teketria was last seen alive a week ago Friday just a few miles from the river in a home in Orchard. She left behind her cell phone and purse.
With no new leads authorities stated that they will not be able to use their resources to search for Teketria.
So with no new leads, Sheriff Wright says his deputies will no longer be used in the physical search for Teketria. That will be left now to Equusearch and its volunteers.
“Basically, our backs are up against the wall,” said Darryl Phillips with Equusearch.
(full story)
If you’ve seen Teketria Buggs, call the Ft. Bend County Sheriff’s Department at 281-341-4665.
Sheriff’s detectives are still working this missing persons case. If you have any information that might help them, please call Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS.
December 9th, 2005 at 10:43pm
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A missing Orchard girl’s stepfather, Steve Carrington, who is a person of interest in her disappearance, has been arrested on an unrelated charge according to the Fort Bend County sheriff.
Authorities have not said when Teketria Buggs’ stepfather, Steve Carrington, was taken into custody on an unrelated family violence charge, but said he has not admitted to committing any crime.
Carrington was arrested on failure to appear in court on domestic violence charges.
Once again another case of a person of interest being arrested on an unrelated charge.
Missing Girl’s Stepfather Linked To Another Disappearance
At a news conference Thursday, authorities said Teketria’s stepfather, Steve Carrington, is the only suspect in her disappearance.
“He continues to agree to speak with investigators, however, he has not been forthcoming with facts,” Brady said.
Carrington was arrested on an unrelated domestic violence charge. However, authorities said he has been a person of interest in the case all along.
Carrington has taken a lie-detector test, but Fort Bend County authorities have not yet released the results.
Investigators believe Carrington might have been the last person to see Teketria before she vanished.
It seems that during the investigation authorities have discovered some leads and one bizarre similarity.
We have reason to believe that a vehicle left that residence around 2 a.m. in order to go purchase a small quantity of gasoline,” Brady said.
Coincidence or repeat offense, you make the call. No matter how one looks at it, it can’t be good.
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December 9th, 2005 at 03:12am
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While the FBI returned to a Pierce County Lake Thursday to resume their search for 10-year-old Adre-Anna Jackson, missing since last Friday; Police are talking to Adre-
Anna Jackson’s stepfather, who was the last person to see her.
Police are talking to Adre-Anna Jackson’s stepfather, who was the last person to see her, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.
Jon Federici said he last saw her on Friday, as she was walking from their apartment in Lakewood to school.
Police are not calling Federici a suspect; however they are not revealing much about what he’s told them. Its appears that Federici was arrested in 2002 and charged with third-degree assault for allegedly punching Jackson.
Federici was arrested in 2002 and charged with third-degree assault for allegedly punching Jackson and pulling her hair during an argument. Jackson reported Federici “smacked her in the head and scratched her face,” according to court documents. He was convicted on a reduced charge of misdemeanor assault.
Police are not calling Federici a suspect, and they’re not revealing much about 
what he’s told them.
“I’m not going to get into any of that at this point. I don’t want to compromise the investigation,” said Lakewood Police Lt. Brett Farrar. “All I can say is we’re looking at anybody and everybody that’s had anything to do with this little girl.”
According to reports, detectives are also speaking with the 51 registered sex offenders who live within walking distance of Adre-Anna Jackson’s home.
Seattle Times: Search for missing Pierce County girl goes national
Lakewood Police Lt. Bret Farrar said police searching for Adre-Anna Jackson have enlisted the help of The National Center of Missing and Exploited Children and television’s “America’s Most Wanted.” Information on the girl, who has been missing since Friday, is available on the Web sites for the center (www.missingkids.com) and the show (www.amw.com).
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Poster
The Children Seek Network
Description of Adre-Anna Jackson
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age at Disappearance: 10
Height: 4’10″-5′ Weight: 78 lbs.
Hair: (Color, Description, Facial Hair) Brown, Has reddish highlights.
Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown
December 9th, 2005 at 02:42am
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How does Shaquille O’Neal get referenced on The Missing and Exploited blog? Not by scoring 37 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. That is impressive but not as impressive as what Shaq did today. At 7 feet tall, the newest Miami Beach police detective will not be hard to miss. 
The newest police detective on Miami Beach won’t be hard to find — he’s 7 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs more than 300 pounds. Miami Heat star Shaquille O’Neal took his official oath Thursday afternoon.
Local 10 was on hand to exclusively cover O’Neal’s swearing in at Miami Beach Police Headquarters.
I give Shaq a lot of credit for pursuing a goal as admirable as being someone who wants to help with societies problems, not create them. Shaquille O’Neal said “it has been his dream since childhood to be a police officer”. Until that basket call career got in the way that no one could ignore. Could anyone blame him?
O’Neal said that since he is almost done playing ball, and because he has “been a leader, not a follower and stayed out of trouble,” he can pursue his goal of becoming a law enforcement officer.
However, for all of Shaq’s accomplishments in the NBA with the Orlando Magic, The Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat, its his wants to protect children that gets Shaq a big congratulations and standing ovation. According to reports, he will be working as an investigator with the child pornography unit. The children need all the help they can get from predators. OK sexual predators of Florida … meet your worst nightmare … its 7′ – 1″, Shaquille O’Neal.
Hat Tip: Sleuth
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Shaq helps Miami police make arrest
“For this incident I don’t want to be credited as an individual who does police work,” O’Neal said in a statement. “I want to be credited as a Miami Beach police officer.”
O’Neal taking Sheriff’s Department classes
O’Neal, 29, even has a custom-fitted uniform and size 22EEE boots. Law enforcement officials know they have a potential recruiting spokesman in the charismatic NBA superstar but say O’Neal has not asked for any special privileges.
Port of L.A. police name O’Neal a reserve officer
December 9th, 2005 at 01:24am
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