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Illinois Busts Sex Offender for Having Internet Access and a MySpace Account

By Corey Rayburnyung

Now that MySpace has handed over the names of 90,000 registered sex offenders on its site to every state attorney general, an Illinois sex offender faces charges after he failed to tell the authorities that he had the Internet at home and had a MySpace account. From the News-Democrat: A Bethalto sex offender faces a felony after police said he failed to tell police he had the Internet in his home and maintained a home page on a social networking site.Madison County sheriff's deputies arrested Gregory J. Kruckeberg Jr., 27, of 5605 Illinois 140 in Bethalto, at 9 p.m. on Feb. 5 after finding an Internet account at his home address and a MySpace networking account, said Capt. Brad Wells.A new law was enacted on Jan. 1, 2008, that required sex offenders to make known to law enforcement any Internet connections or any Web sites they use or maintain...continue to full post

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