Conn. SO arrested for MySpace profile
Second man accused of parole violation by posting MySpace profile:
21-year-old William Santos of Waterbury, CT was arrested for violating his parole by having a MySpace profile. Santos is a convicted sex offender. Of course Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uses this one arrest to pat himself on the back.
“This arrest demonstrates that many of these convicted sex offenders are violating their parole and socializing in the same space as millions of children,” Blumenthal said. “As astonishing and appalling as the discovery of thousands of sex offenders on MySpace, these convicted felons using their real names are only the tip of the predator iceberg.”
Tip of the iceberg is an understatement. Yet while Mr. Blumenthal breaks his arm trying to pat himself on the back Connecticut is home to the two of the most prolific MySpace predators David Leonard and Scott Shfelbine. Both have had multiple sexually related arrests and one of them is even walking free right now. What’s being done about men like that Mr. Blumenthal?
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2 opinions for Conn. SO arrested for MySpace profile
Wake up America
Jun 24, 2007 at 9:41 am
Maybe we should start arresting sex offenders for buying the morning newspaper. There are personal ads in there from God knows who!
Jade
Jun 29, 2007 at 10:21 am
That is the most riddiculous thing I have ever heard. What violation of parole could this possibly be? He was not in a park he placed a profile on a website and unless he misrepresented his age to lure youngsters he did nothing wrong. If people want to protect their children from online predators they need to restrict and monitor what their children are doing online.
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