Portland man arrested in MySpace.com sting

Catching Nemo · 03-01-2006, 04:09 PM

Portland man arrested in MySpace.com sting

By Debora Knapp
and KATU.com Web Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. - Police say a 12-year-old girl with a profile on the popular Web site MySpace.com has been instrumental in apprehending a man who solicited her for sexual reasons.

Police say Jeramie Eidem, 26, was well aware that the girl was only 12 years old when he arranged to meet her in Vancouver.

But Eidem only met sheriffs deputies at the arranged time and place, and is now under arrest on attempted **** charges.

Officers also seized his home computer for evidence.

Investigators say the girl informed her parents that she had been solicited online through her MySpace page, and her parents in turn contacted Washington authorities.

The girl and her parents worked with deputies to arrange the meeting and make the arrest.

Jeff Green, a detective with Clackamas County's Child Abuse Team, says MySpace.com and other online sites where teens gather are also popular with pedophiles and child predators.

The girl who assisted police is actually younger than MySpace.com regulations allow to have a page on the site. The minimum age is listed as 14 and users need to have parental permission to sign up.

Police say that despite the girl being younger than regulations stipulate, she did the right thing by informing her parents she had been contacted by Eidem.

jokester · 03-01-2006, 04:12 PM

I saw that on KOIN 6's website this afternoon :depressed: Pretty dang sad world we live in today

On the other hand...good on the cops for doing this

Someone needs to crack down on these sickos!!!

-jokester

RODACTION · 03-01-2006, 04:19 PM

Yes, crack down and all that, but someone like that girls parnets should do something too. A 12 year old girl surfing
"my space" is not a good idea. My kids 10 and 13, have guide lines on where, and what they can look at, and surf, and I go in and look at where they go...in in case they might slip up. As for the "sicko" it is really sad to see what lurks out there in or world. How messed up.....

Dullhook · 03-01-2006, 04:36 PM

Quote:

My kids 10 and 13, have guide lines on where, and what they can look at, and surf, and I go in and look at where they go.

This is what it takes, RODACTION!

These type of web sights that draw kids are are natural trolling areas for pedophiles and other sexual predators. Since they're legal it's all about knowing what your kids are up to, and open lines of communication within the family.

wannacatchem · 03-01-2006, 05:53 PM

IT wasn't Portland!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sick SOB lived just down the street from me. Look at my location

FireCat · 03-01-2006, 09:19 PM

we as parents do have a obligation to watch over and protect our children to the upmost...but I realy cant say what my feelings are to those who take advantage of a inocent child or older people....Ill just say this if I was king for two days on day three there would be no more left for the next king to worry about!

Chromaflage · 03-01-2006, 10:23 PM

What's really sad is that I'm surprised that this didn't happen sooner. This is precisely why there is no more MySpace for MyKids.

CrF

DF · 03-02-2006, 11:36 AM

The media is always messed up, I was NOT portland... :blush

it was a few miles away from me also...

What a sicko
And the news is also wrong again...you have to be 18 to have myspace...
The guy that was hooked wasen't just a sex offender, he's your all around dirt-bag :smile:

SalmonSeason · 03-02-2006, 11:44 AM

"sick-o" YES...parents involvement- needed

12 year old being smart--Good Job

putting slime ball in jail--Outstanding

This is something I do for a living and it would outrage most of you if the media actually had the time to do hours on end of slime balls doing this act...it happens more than most know...

job security -yes,,,unfortunate

I was born in the wrong century...get a rope