by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | News
Missouri hopes to crack down on Internet harassment, but drafting legislation to fit the problem might be much tougher than first thought. A special task force began reviewing the topic in light of the Megan Meier tragedy. Megan was the St. Louis County teen-ager who...
by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The federal prosecutor in St. Louis has prosecuted a record number of child pornography cases this year; 52 so far. Last year, prosecutor Catherine Hanaway and her staff prosecuted 34 cases last year. Hanaway credits the increase to a national effort started in...
by admin | Dec 16, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The effort to protect children from online sexual predators is becoming more challenging as technology expands and the use of that technology expands. Platte County Sheriff’s Department Captain Paul Carrill is the Officer in Charge of the Western Missouri Cyber...
by admin | Dec 13, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) wants violent sexual predators who prey on children to be put to death … or at least face the possibility of the death penalty. The Governor made the call as he addressed a Cyber Crimes Summit in Jefferson City, saying crimes of this...
by admin | Oct 24, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A state senator who is planning a summit meeting on internet pornography says children can tap into child porn–or any other kind of pornography—with no trouble at all. Senator John Loudon of St.Louis was a key player in writing Missouri’s cyber...