A Homeland Security leader who was warming the public about dangers of sexual predators passed out business cards for his desk, but there was only one problem: The phone number directed people to a 24-hour sex talk line.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A weeklong child-prostitution sting netted 281 arrests and the rescue of 168 children nationwide, Time reports. Dubbed “Operation Cross Country VIII,” the string is part of a larger effort that has so far rescued about 3,600 children and led to the convictions of 1,450 people. “Operation Cross Country reveals that children are…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It usually starts out as a friendly message to teen girls on Facebook or Twitter. But once the perpetrator gains the trust of the girl, he encourages her to send a nude picture, KCTV 5 News reports. If she doesn’t, he threatens to show their messages to the principal. Christopher Patrick Gunn,…
