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Press
Release
NORTHERN VIRGINIA & DC LAW ENFORCEMENT REEL IN ONLINE CHILD
PREDATORS
April Fool’s Day Press Conference to Reveal Arrests & New
Task Force
FAIRFAX, VA - March 29, 2005 - For law enforcement,
the process of finding and arresting online child predators is often compared
to fishing. Simply create the appropriate bait, or chat room profile.
Cast the line. Then wait for them to come to you.
They did, time and time again, during a 10-day “fishing expedition”
by a new DC-Northern Virginia law-enforcement task force that identifies,
tracks, and arrests online predators trying to entice children. In most
of the cases made by the task force, it was only a matter of minutes before
an adult was actively soliciting the “child” for sex. It took
only a matter of hours for the investigators to arrange a meeting with
the online predators – a truly terrifying reality for children and
parents everywhere.
Those predators will be revealed along with an introduction of this unprecedented
law-enforcement effort at a press conference Friday, April 1, 2005, at
10:30 a.m. at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in
Old Towne Alexandria.
The members of the DC-Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children
(ICAC) Task Force include the Alexandria Police Department, Arlington
Police Department, Fairfax Police Department, Fairfax County Sheriff’s
Office, George Mason University Police Department, Loudoun County Sheriff’s
Office, Manassas Police Department, Prince William County Police Department,
Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, Office of the Stafford County
Commonwealth’s Attorney, Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department,
Virginia State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department
of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ-JJDP),
and the U.S Postal Service.
CONTACT:
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of State Police
Corinne Geller, Public Relations Manager
(804) 674-2789 or corinne.geller@vsp.virginia.gov
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