California arrest made via MySpace
Gilroy - A Morgan Hill man thinking he was meeting a 13-year-old girl he first met on Myspace.com was arrested by Gilroy police Wednesday morning at Christmas Hill Park.
Mark Muhn, 20, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to commit lewd acts with a child younger than 14. He appeared stunned when officers arrived at 8:50am instead of the girl he thought he met online the night before. Detectives confiscated a roll of Trojan condoms from him and discovered a bottle of Smirnoff vodka in his car.
Detective Mitch Madruga created a profile on the Web site just days earlier, posing as an Ascencion Solorsano Middle School student, when Muhn contacted his Internet alias at 5pm Tuesday, police said. For 90 minutes the two chatted and Muhn proposed the two meet the next day and go back to either his home in Morgan Hill or her house in Gilroy.
“About an hour and half later and all was said and done, which just goes to show how easy it is,” Madruga said. “I probably have over 200 messages in my inbox that I haven’t even dealt with from people in Fresno, Fremont, Oakland � This is a real live danger. This is not just a story in the newspaper.”
Police went to his home later Wednesday to collect his computer for forensic analysis to see if he has contacted other young women, or if there are other real-life victims out there.
And here is his MySpace profile.
Welcome to the Rogues Gallery Marky Mark. Nice tattoo on your hand. Is that so you don’t forget your name?
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2 opinions for California arrest made via MySpace
Nichole
May 5, 2006 at 2:55 pm
And he has a 15 year old as a friend!!! No surprise.
marky mark
Sep 21, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Its so you dont forget my name when i bash your face in.
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