CA- Feds: Meeting On Xbox Live Led To Sex Crime

2-9-2009 California:

Missouri Man Met California Teen On Video Game System, U.S. Attorney's Office Says

FRESNO, Calif. -- A 27-year-old Missouri man who drove almost nonstop to California to meet a teenager he met on Xbox LIVE was indicted Thursday in federal court.

Edward Preston Stout, of Richmond Heights, Mo., communicated with the Sanger, Calif., teen on both the video game system and through MySpace accounts, according to federal officials. They also communicated by text messages and telephone calls.

The U.S. attorney's office in Fresno alleges Stout sent the teen a cell phone as a 15th birthday present so they could communicate more frequently and privately.

On Jan. 25, Stout drove for 30 hours to meet the teen, federal officials said.

He then took the teen to a motel and engaged in criminal sexual activity, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Stout was indicted on charges of using interstate commerce to entice or coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity and travel in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual activity. ..News Source.. by KCRA3