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Internet Sex Crimes Can Start in a Chat Room

By Walin & Klarich

Be careful on the Internet If you find yourself in a chat room or talking to someone online, be careful of the age of that other person. California makes it a crime to discuss sexual matters online to someone who is under 18 years old, or somoene who you ?think? is under 18 years old. Police throughout California have received grants from the federal government seeking to crack down on California child molestation. What they do is they go online and represent themselves as 13 years old (or any age that is under 18 years old). They trick you into talking about sexual matters and once you do, they can trace your IP address and you can soon get police at your door. Planning to actually meet these ?imagined? victims is yet another more serious offense...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).