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L.A. attorney David A. Cohn arrested for attempting lewd acts with child

By Jason Siegel

The FBI arrested Los Angeles attorney David A. Cohn for allegedly attempting to commit lewd acts on a child and other crimes after exchanging online messages with an FBI agent he believed was a 13-year-old girl .

Cohn, 50, was arrested at his home, booked into Van Nuys jail and released after posting $190,000 bail, according to a press release from the L.A. Dist. Atty.'s office.

The felony counts are one count each of attempted lewd act upon a child, attempting to send harmful matter with the intent of seduction of a minor, attempt to contact a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense and possessing materials depicting the sexual exploitation of a child. He also was charged with one misdemeanor count of contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense.

If convicted, Cohn faces if convicted, a six-year, six-month maximum state prison term.

Cohn is an attorney at West Hollywood firm Kesluk & Silverstein, working in their labor and employment practice on wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower and personal injury cases.

Irvine man, convicted of molesting relative, sues to get name taken off online sex offender database

An Irvine man is suing the California Attorney General's office, claiming his rights were violated because he was listed in the state's online sex offender database, the Orange County Register reported.

Joseph Bica was convicted of molesting his 8-year old step-granddaughter in 1990. Some crimes by certain relatives are exempt from the database and Bica wants step-grandparents included.

Over 75 sex offenders have unsuccessfully sued to be removed from the database since it went online in 2004, Deputy Attorney General Janet Neely told the O.C. Register.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).