MI- Max for Internet Predator Crew: 298 Years

5-22-2008 Michigan: (Phase-II)

WXYZ) -- Eleven men branded as internet predators by Michigan's attorney general have been caught in an online sting prowling for kids and hit with charges carrying a total of 298 years in prison.

"This internet predator sting was unique. Most focus only on those predators that travel. Not so with this project. If you solicit a child for sex, or send sexually graphic material to a youngster, you do not escape prosecution just because you never got off your couch," Cox said in a statement.

The sting involved officers posing online as minors. The attorney general's office was assisted in the case by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the Van Buren Township Police Department.

-That comment is troublesome, because in other reports the officers were only involved for the weekend of the arrests (March 6-7-8-9), and Perverted Justice did all the chatting from October 2007 through when folks were arrested.

Details on the men arrested:

1. _____. 46 years old. Centerline, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

2. _______. 23 years old. Chesterfield, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 4: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 5: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

3. ________. 31 years old. Wayne, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

4. ________. 23 years old. Warren, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor.
4 year felony.

5. ________. 21 years old. Hazel Park, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony.

6. _________. 61 years old. Homer, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 4: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & 2 Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 5: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 6: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

7. __________. 21 years old. Owosso, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

8. _________. 21 years old. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 4: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 5: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony.

9. __________. 25 years old. Westland, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

10. ___________. 39 years old. Warren, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Accosting & Soliciting a minor for immoral purpose. 10 year felony. Count 4: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 5: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony.

11. __________. 41 years old. Lansing, Michigan. Count 1: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 2: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime—Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 3: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. Count 4: Communicating via the Internet to commit a crime— Dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor. 4 year felony. ..News Source.. by WXYZ.com