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Norcross Police Internet Sex Offender Sting Nets One Arrest

By Conaway and Strickler

Police in Norcross say they are conducting an Internet child predator sting by using undercover officers posing as teenagers. So far, one person, 47-year-old Kenneth Edward Noland of Atlanta, has been arrested for sending a nude photo of himself to an officer posing as a teen and even setting up a meeting, according to an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Noland reportedly didn?t show up to the scheduled meeting, but was arrested on suspicion of furnishing obscene material to a minor, which is a misdemeanor, the newspaper reported. What does this mean for Noland? If convicted, he will be mandated to register as a Georgia sex offender and cannot have unsupervised contact with minors. He is currently out on a $2,850 bond. Police say although he did not come to the meeting, sending out obscene material to an underage person is a crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).