Texas sting shows states pursuing MySpace predators
Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow.com
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says MySpace.com is the largest social networking site in the world, making it a magnet for sexual predators -- which is why he says the state's Cyber Crimes and Fugitives units set up the crackdown that resulted in last week's announced arrest of seven sex offenders with registered profiles on the site.
According to Abbott, MySpace complied with a subpoena requesting subscriber information from background checks the site conducted on them, and the resulting data led Texas authorities to the seven men after a two-week operation. "We ordered MySpace.com to provide us information detailing all registered sex offenders who had established a profile on MySpace.com," the attorney general explains.
Abbott says the history of one of the men arrested, Patrick Blevins, is a typical example of the urgency to protect online users from possible sexual predators using online social networking sites.
"The arrest of Mr. Blevins demonstrates the magnitude and the urgency of the situation we are dealing with," the Texas official states. "He is a habitual sex offender with multiple arrests in two states for sexual misdeeds."
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