All articles tagged with #online solicitation
Eric T. Gillespie, founder of Govini, has been charged with four felonies, including unlawful contact with a minor, after allegedly attempting to solicit a pre-teen girl online. Govini placed him on leave, and he faces potential prison time and fines if convicted, along with mandatory sex offender registration.
A Florida mother, Jazmin Paez, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to hire a hitman online to kill her 3-year-old son. Paez used a parody website, rentahitman.com, to submit her request, providing an address, a picture of her son, and a safe word for the potential killer. The website's creator alerted the police, who posed as the hitman and agreed to be paid $3,000 for the job. Paez is charged with first-degree solicitation of murder, while another individual, Gamaliel Soza, has been arrested for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. The parody website has previously attracted attention for similar incidents.
A 13-year-old girl who was missing since last Friday from Hitchcock, Texas, was found safe in an apartment complex in Kansas City, Missouri, with a man who isn't family. Hitchcock police said Leanna Willis was found with a man who isn't family at an apartment complex in Kansas City, Missouri. Authorities previously learned Leanna would chat with adult men online through various platforms and believed her disappearance may be connected to online solicitation.
The superintendent of Itasca Independent School District in North Texas, Michael Stevens, has been suspended with pay after being charged with online solicitation of a minor. Stevens was arrested on June 1 after a sting operation and was accused of planning to drive to Houston to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex. The district's board of trustees has appointed Keith Boles as the interim superintendent. Stevens' bond was set at $100,000.
Itasca ISD Superintendent Michael Stevens has been suspended after being arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor. The school district has appointed Keith Boles as interim superintendent. Stevens was communicating with an undercover officer via a social media app and was planning to engage in sex acts with the person he thought was a 15-year-old girl before he was arrested. The school district says they are confident that there are no connections between allegations made against Stevens and students at Itasca ISD. Stevens made his first court appearance on June 2 and was given a $100,000 bond.
Michael Stevens, a north Texas superintendent, has been suspended from his job after being arrested for allegedly trying to meet up with a Houston teen for sex. Stevens is charged with online solicitation of a minor and is scheduled to face a judge again on Monday. The Itasca ISD school board held a special meeting on Monday morning in which they decided to take immediate action to suspend Stevens from his role. The school board appointed veteran Superintendent Keith Boles to serve as the interim superintendent starting Tuesday, June 6.
Michael Stevens, a Texas school superintendent, has been arrested for online solicitation of a minor after attempting to solicit sex from a 15-year-old girl in Houston. Stevens was caught in a months-long sting operation conducted by trained officers posing as teenagers. He is one of seven men caught during the operation. The Itasca School District has suspended Stevens and appointed an interim superintendent. The district has stated that there are no connections between the allegations made against Stevens and students at the school.
Michael Keith Stevens, superintendent of the Itasca Independent School District in Texas, was arrested for online solicitation of a minor after sending lewd photos to an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. Stevens was one of seven people arrested in an undercover operation involving more than a dozen local law enforcement agencies. He allegedly communicated with a teen he believed was from Houston, sent pictures of his private parts, and planned a trip to engage in sex acts. Stevens has been a coach, a principal, and an assistant principal in various towns across north Texas.
Itasca Independent School District Superintendent Michael Stevens was arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor after he planned to travel to Houston to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex. Stevens was one of seven men arrested in a sting operation conducted by law enforcement agencies in the Houston area. He sent pictures of his private parts and asked for nude videos and images in return, some of which appeared to have been taken in his office. Stevens also worked as a coach, principal, and assistant principal at other districts across the state.
Itasca ISD Superintendent Michael Stevens was arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor. He was communicating with an undercover officer via a social media app, thinking he was talking to a 15-year-old girl. Stevens sent photos of his private parts to the investigator and asked for nude images and videos in return. He was planning to go to Houston and engage in sex acts with the person he thought was a minor before he was arrested. Stevens is the seventh person to be arrested in the solicitation sting.