Case Studies: Examples of people using unfiltered Internet Access who have
run into problems:
Man Held in Internet
Sex Sting
A Barrington man was arrested after police said he tried to
arrange a sexual encounter with a Carpentersville officer posing as a 14-year-old girl on
the Internet. (Chicago Tribune 3/29/2001 Link Status: FC Archive)
Professor is Guilty in
Child-Porn Case
A high-ranking Lake Forest College English professor was sentenced to 2 years probation
Thursday after admitting she solicited child pornography on the Internet at home. (Chicago
Tribune 10/6/00 Link Status: FC Archive)
Internet Pedophilia
Arrests
Police arrested 53 people in 14 countries Wednesday in what police said was the largest
ever worldwide sweep of alleged pedophiles using the Internet. (MSNBC 9/2/2000 Link
Status: FC Archive)
FBI Says Man Tried to Buy Boys
for Sex on Internet
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Georgia man has been arrested in Texas and charged with trying to
buy two elementary school boys for sex after FBI agents monitoring the Internet identified
him as a pedophile, the agency said on Thursday. (News.excite.com 6/15/2000 Link Status:
FC Archive)
Girlhood,
Interrupted
The year Katie Tarbox started eighth grade, she met "Mark" in a chat room on
America Online (USA Today 4/19/00 Link Status: FC Archive)