November 11, 2008

MI- Police arrest Owosso man after Internet sting

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

LANSING, Michigan -- An Owosso man was among 38 people snared in an online child predator sting.

____, 21, was charged with three Internet felonies after he allegedly chatted online with a decoy posing as a minor child, officials said.

The most serious two charges, soliciting a minor of immoral purpose, each carry the threat of 10 years in prison. The third charge is a four-year felony for dissemination of sexually explicit material to a minor.

Unlike 27 other men who were arrested for allegedly going to Wayne County to meet the decoy, officials said ____ was among 11 men who stayed at home.

"You do not escape prosecution just because you never got off the couch," said state Attorney General Mike Cox in a released statement. ..News Source.. by Bryn Mickle | The Flint Journal

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