Woman accused of sex crime Wisconsin police: Albany resident lured teen online First published: Monday, April 28, 2008
A 44-year-old Albany woman is scheduled to appear in a Wisconsin courtroom this morning on charges she arranged to have sex with a teenage boy she met online, according to authorities.
Authorities say Tracy Taylor traveled to Wisconsin to rendezvous with the 15-year-old youngster from Eau Claire after they met and chatted on an online social networking site. She was arrested Friday after checking into an Eau Claire hotel room where city police and county sheriff's investigators -- acting on a tip -- executed a search warrant and allegedly found evidence that she had planned on having sexual relations with the youngster. Taylor has been charged with attempted sexual assault of a child, use of a computer to facilitate a sex crime and child enticement. She is scheduled to appear in an Eau Claire County Court to answer the charges. The investigation is still ongoing. Eau Claire is in northwestern Wisconsin, about 90 miles east of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., region. -- Paul Nelson
and they still live among us......the search for youth and power continues on as it did in the darkages......the only thing that will ever separate us is the label and the public stonings 2000' from a daycare etc isn't a public stoning.......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
By PAUL NELSON, Staff writer Monday, April 28, 2008
An Albany woman, who drove roughly 18 hours to northwestern Wisconsin for an alleged sexual tryst with a teenaged boy she befriended online, remains jailed on attempted sex assault charges.
Tracy Taylor, 44, of 181 2nd Ave. was in Eau Claire County Circuit Court this morning. A judge set bail at $50,000 bail before Taylor was sent back to county jail pending another appearance next week. She did not enter a plea and did not qualify for a public defender, according to Erin Hanson, the Eau Claire County Assistant District Attorney handling the case. Wisconsin authorities were tipped off to the planned sexual encounter by the teen's mother after the boy confided to his sister that he been corresponding online with a woman he believed to be 30 years old, according to a criminal complaint. The document says the boy, identified in the court document only as JJF, told his sister he planned to spend the weekend with the woman. The woman would bring condoms, according to the court papers. As part of the investigation, the county sheriff's detective on the case reviewed text messages, including one from April 22 where the boy asked "Will we be able to have sex?" to which the woman allegedly replied: "I hope so. I love you." Detectives learned Taylor had reserved a room at the Day's Inn on Truax Lane in Eau Claire from April 25 to 28. Police obtained a search warrant. After Taylor checked into Room 103, police found numerous condoms, candles, baby oil and bottles of alcohol. Additionally, they found a letter from the teen giving his correct age, said the criminal complaint. Eau Claire Deputy Police Chief Eric Larsen, said Monday that Taylor met the teen on the social networking site gaiaonline.com. He characterized it as a children's gaming Web site. Taylor and the boy had been chatting online for about three months before they started talking on the phone, said Hanson. Eau Claire is in northwestern Wisconsin, about 90 miles east of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., region. Paul Nelson can be reached at 454-5347 or by e-mail at pnelson@timesunion.com.
By JIMMY VIELKIND, Staff writer Friday, May 2, 2008 ALBANY -- A repeat sex offender was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison for raping his girlfriend's roommate.
Edward First, 36, pleaded guilty to raping the woman while she was intoxicated and asleep, according to Heather Orth, spokeswoman for District Attorney P. David Soares. First faced a felony rape charge. He was first charged with rape in 1990 when he was a teenager, and served several years in jail and registered as a sex offender. First was arrested in 2002 in connection with being a `Peeping Tom' at a house on Lancaster Street. In addition to his jail term, First also faces 10 years of post-release supervision. The case against him was prosecuted by Christina Calbrese.
The Supreme Court upheld criminal penalties Monday for promoting child pornography.
The court, in a 7-2 decision, brushed aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or innocent e-mails that describe pictures of grandchildren.
The ruling upheld part of a 2003 law that also prohibits possession of child porn. It replaced an earlier law against child pornography that the court struck down as unconstitutional.
The law sets a five-year mandatory prison term for promoting, or pandering, child porn. It does not require that someone actually possess child pornography. Opponents have said the law could apply to movies like "Traffic" or "Titanic" that depict adolescent sex.
But Justice Antonin Scalia, in his opinion for the court, said the law does not cover movie sex. there is no "possibility that virtual child pornography or sex between youthful-looking adult actors might be covered by the term 'simulated sexual intercourse.'" Scalia said.
Likewise, Scalia said, First Amendment protections do not apply to "offers to provide or requests to obtain child pornography."
Justice David Souter, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dissented. Souter said promotion of images that are not real children engaging in pornography still could be the basis for prosecution under the law. Possession of those images, on the other hand, may not be prosecuted, Souter said.
"I believe that maintaining the First Amendment protection of expression we have previously held to cover fake child pornography requires a limit to the law's criminalization of pandering proposals," Souter said.
The 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals struck down the provision. The Atlanta-based court said it makes a crime out of merely talking about illegal images or possessing innocent materials that someone else might believe is pornography.
In the appeals court's view, the law could apply to an e-mail sent by a grandparent and entitled "Good pics of kids in bed," showing grandchildren dressed in pajamas.
In 2002, the court struck down key provisions of a 1996 child pornography law because they called into question legitimate educational, scientific or artistic depictions of youthful sex.
Congress responded the next year with the PROTECT Act, which contains the provision under challenge in the current case.
Authorities arrested Michael Williams in an undercover operation aimed at fighting child exploitation on the Internet. A Secret Service agent engaged Williams in an Internet chat room, where they swapped non-pornographic photographs. Williams advertised himself as "Dad of toddler has 'good' pics of her an me for swap of your toddler pics, or live cam."
After the initial photo exchange, Williams allegedly posted seven images of actual minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Agents who executed a search warrant found 22 child porn images on Williams' home computer.
Williams also was convicted of possession of child pornography. That conviction, and the resulting five-year prison term, was not challenged.
By ROBERT GAVIN and JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST, Staff writers Monday, May 19, 2008
COLONIE -- The 29-year-old son of the Colonie Police Department's union leader was arraigned on federal child pornography charges today for allegedly drugging a young girl with sleeping pills and filming her naked as she slept. Jason McLaughlin of Latham was arrested Saturday after federal immigration agents found a computer hard drive in his bedroom that contained sexually explicit images of the child, whose age was listed as 11-to 12- years old, according to court papers.
Court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Albany allege McLaughlin confessed to the crime while being interviewed Saturday.
If convicted of producing child pornography, McLaughlin faces 15 to 30 years in prison. He is being held without bail at the Albany County jail following his arraignment this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate David R. Homer in district court.
McLaughlin, who is believed to work at an area Enterprise car rental store, has been battling Hodgkin's Disease, a type of lymphoma, over the last year.
Citing the federal jurisdiction, Colonie police deferred comment to federal immigration officials.
Reached by telephone, McLaughlin's father, Tom, referred comment on the case to attorney, Stephen Coffey, who he said is representing his son. Tom McLaughlin is president of the Colonie Police Benevolent Association.
Robyn Nicoll, an attorney from Coffey's firm, waived any argument for bail for now. She declined comment outside court.
A Vermont-based spokesman for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Michael Gilhooly, declined to comment, referring calls instead to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ICE agents went to McLaughlin's home Saturday after learning a resident of the home had used a computer to trade child pornography on the Internet, according to court papers.
The trade partner was allegedly using the ``Google Hello'' online service. After reviewing copies of Google Hello chat communications, investigators learned someone in McLaughlin's home provided an 11-to-12-year-old girl with an Ambien sleep aid and ``thereafter filmed her in an sexually explicit pose,'' court papers said.
An examination of the Google Hello communications and computer images revealed McLaughlin ``had distributed sexually explicit images of (the girl) to an individual residing outside the state of New York,'' court papers said.
The camera and and its storage device were also made outside the state, court papers said.
Investigators recovered Ambien in McLaughlin's room, as well as images depicting the victim's genital area, court papers said.
I don't know about you, but I think this Sex Offender stuff is really getting stupid.
Last week we have new legislation that forces convicted and listed offenders to turn over their screen names and email addresses to athorities to reduce the risk to our children. Sounds great for a press release or a re-election slogan.
"I stopped the offenders from reaching your children and you should vote for me."
Ask Ed Kosiur how that worked out. The wanted-to-be-assemblyman sponsored another bit of useless legislation in Schenectady County which was to limit Sex Offenders from living within 2000 feet of where children frequent (schools, parks, etc.) The problem was that you can't live in many places in Schenectady County outside that scope. The fact that it was not consitutional may have also played a role in its demise. All of the suburban towns knew that the legislation would force Sex Offenders into their communities. Needless to say, he didn't make it to the Assembly.
Let's look at the new state law regarding offenders.
This has problems for a few reasons:
1. Anyone can have and get a screen name. You only need an email address.
2. Anyone can get an email address. You only have to use Yahoo, Gmail or AOL. They are all free and don't require any special controls.
3. You can lie when you set one of these up. DUH. The people this law is supposed to stop are criminals who were convicted of mostly felonies. Do they think that a new law will stop them from making new, fake screen names?
4. Many of these offenders can't of won't stop at anything to commit sex crimes. The law doesn't say that offenders can't use the networking sites, just that they have to turn in their current screen name. It may violate the offenders' rights to ban use of the internet so it is just about the alias.
5. How are we going to enforce this. Well, the real answer is... ...WE CAN'T. The police agencies are struggling to deal with the Sex Offender Registration process already. Which agency notifies schools or residents? Half the time the community isn't notified as it is. This is especially true in rural areas where you have more than one agency for police protection. Now we are going to expect our officers to check screen names and emails, too.
6. The only time these offenders will get caught is when something happens to a victim.
7. Most people, including the lawmakers, know that this will not stop Sex Offenders.
So what is my answer to this problem? (I always try to give one.)
There are only two sure-fire ways to ensure that Sex Offenders do not get to our children. Since the death penalty is now illegal in New York, there is only one legal way to deal with this issue.
KEEP THEM IN JAIL.
If a any feel-good lawmaker would like to do something to stop this, here is how he or she should do it.
1. Make laws that do not release violent sex preditors back in society or extend prison time until they are unable to function as preditors.
2. Support Judges sentence these animals to the fullest extent of the law.
3. No Parole.
I know this is very harsh, but if we want a society that is safe from preditors, then we must take away rights from those who exploit the most vonerable of us.
The next time a campaign flyer comes around to your door that says "I stopped Sex Offenders" you need to jump into action. Call the saps who published the piece and ask them what is more important, getting elected or stopping Sex Offenders. Their actions speak louder than their words.
By ROBERT GAVIN, Staff writer Saturday, May 24, 2008
GLENVILLE - A 40-year-old town man is charged with repeatedly molesting a young girl over a four-year period, starting when she was 13, Glenville police said.
Norman J. Young allegedly abused the girl from 2004 to February 2008 at his home on Amsterdam Avenue. He was arraigned in Glenville Town Court on charges of first-and-second degree criminal sex act, first-degree sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Schenectady County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in town court Thursday.
The next time a campaign flyer comes around to your door that says "I stopped Sex Offenders" you need to jump into action. Call the saps who published the piece and ask them what is more important, getting elected or stopping Sex Offenders. Their actions speak louder than their words.
Dont forget they need to know what to do about the judges that want a raise.....and.......the fact that the NYS appelate court is the highest court in the state......
What is a sex offender? ----vote for me and I will find out.......what a farce folks....a WET soap box for a politician if ya ask me.......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
LOUDONVILLE — State police Monday announced the arrest of a Department of Labor employee for allegedly having sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl. Arthur Frank Durivage IV, 29, of Troy, faces a second-degree rape charge. He allegedly had sex with the girl three times in September in Watervliet. Police said Durivage, an investigator with the state Department of Labor, maintained e-mail communications with the victim while at work using a state computer. Durivage was arrested Friday Correction Leah R. Maynard’s name was misspelled in a list of local college graduates published May 29 in The Daily Gazette. and arraigned in Watervliet City Court and jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail. The Department of Labor said Monday that Durivage had been placed on unauthorized leave without pay, and said it would review further disciplinary actions and await the outcome of the criminal case.
What is the part about this person "Leah Maynard" ??? I thin the old gazette made a typo and made this lady look like she was involved with the molesting or something. That is terrible. They can't get nothing straight over there. Bums.
Mayfield man accused of trying to molest three boys Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Michael Calhoun
MAYFIELD — State police have accused a Mayfield man of trying to have sexual contact with three young boys. Investigators said Michael A. Calhoun, 37, of Route 29A, was arrested after a complaint alleging that Calhoun entered a home where three boys - ages 12 to 15 - were sleeping. Calhoun was an acquaintance of the family who lived in the home, investigators said, and fled after being confronted by the boys. Calhoun was charged with three counts each of attempted forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child and one count of criminal trespass, all misdemeanors, investigators said. He was wrrainged in Town Counrt and released pending a court appearance on Tuesday.
Calhoun was charged with three counts each of attempted forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child and one count of criminal trespass, all misdemeanors
MISDEMEANORS??? And then they wonder why they still 'walk among us'!! And then he is released pending a court date. Are they kidding here or what?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Teen charged with sex abuse of child SCHENECTADY — A city teen has been arrested, accused of sexually abusing a child, authorities said. Charles “Chuckie” Nauman, 18, of Avenue B, was charged Thursday with one count of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. Nauman is accused of having sexual contact with the child between May 1 and May 31, according to papers filed in court.
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2000' from a daycare etc isn't a public stoning.......
