CDNN News: Jailed Scuba Quest Owner Faces More Child Pornography Charges

CDNN News: Jailed Scuba Quest Owner Faces More Child Pornography Charges

http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i030923/i030923.html

> A 40 year old owner of a scuba shop in Texas has been in jail since July
when he was busted by an undercover police agent posing as a
> young boy.

Must have been quite a disguise.

> Police told a news service that frequently spams newsgroups,that they
found CDs in the shop owner's home and at the dive center with images of
young boys
> engaging in various sexual acts.

Personally, I think that a the guy was just a bit over the edge in his
perversion, but I must admit that I have a hard time figuring out why having
CDs with images of minors doing the dirty to one another is a particularly
big deal . . . unless, of course, the shop owner took the pictures himself.
Even then, they may have a problem convicting. After all, how are you going
to prove that somebody who could not tell the difference between a cop and a
minor boy knew the difference between between pictures of minor boys on CDs
and pictures of cops.

Lee

Here's an article that explains your concerns a little bit better:

http://www.kauz.com/home/headlines/457802.html

The guy was selling the kiddie porn, and the police offer was pretending to
be a boy on the internet.

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> > A 40 year old owner of a scuba shop in Texas has been in jail since July
> when he was busted by an undercover police agent posing as a
> > young boy.
>
> Must have been quite a disguise.
>
> > Police told a news service that frequently spams newsgroups,that they
> found CDs in the shop owner's home and at the dive center with images of
> young boys
> > engaging in various sexual acts.
>
> Personally, I think that a the guy was just a bit over the edge in his
> perversion, but I must admit that I have a hard time figuring out why
having
> CDs with images of minors doing the dirty to one another is a particularly
> big deal . . . unless, of course, the shop owner took the pictures
himself.
> Even then, they may have a problem convicting. After all, how are you
going
> to prove that somebody who could not tell the difference between a cop and
a
> minor boy knew the difference between between pictures of minor boys on
CDs
> and pictures of cops.
>
> Lee

"Jon C" <jon@jonnythan.com> wrote in message
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> Here's an article that explains your concerns a little bit better:
>
> http://www.kauz.com/home/headlines/457802.html
>
> The guy was selling the kiddie porn, and the police offer was pretending
to
> be a boy on the internet.

No kidding.