4 A-M TOMORROW.
(ANITA)
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE
LATEST ON THE SNOW IN A MOMENT--
FIRST--USING THE INTERNET TO
FIND MEN ACCUSED OF PREYING ON
CHILDREN.
(TOM)
ONE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE
HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AT ARRESTING
MEN THEY CALL PREDATORS.
WHAT IS THE SECRET?
DEPUTIES TOOK 10 ON YOUR
SIDE'S JASON MARKS INSIDE AN
INVESTIGATION
JASON- THEY SAY THERE IS NO
SHORTAGE OF POSSIBLE PREDATORS.
INVESTIGATORS TELL ME ITS
AMAZING HOW MANY MEN THEY COME
IN CONTACT ON A DAILY BASIS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN SEVERAL
CONVERSATIONS AT ONE TIME WITH
ACCUSED PREDATORS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT MIGHT TAKE
MONTHS TO MAKE AN ARREST AND
THEY'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF
THEM LATELY.
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"
THERE IS NO STOP"
INSIDE THE ISLE OF WIGHT
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"WE WORK HARD AT PROTECTING OUR
CRAFT"
INVESTIGATORS WORK TO SOLVE
EVERY CASE
(
INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"AND WE WORK HARD AT BEING
BETTER THAN THE BAD GUYS"
BUT THERE IS ONE CRIME--
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"
THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT OR
MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER
CRIME THAT WE INVESTIGATE"
THAT DEPUTIES ARE CLOSELY EYEING
SEAN LACY STARTED INVESTIGATING
INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
A YEAR AGO.
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"THE FIRST CYBER TIP THAT I
WORKED INVOLVED AN ARREST OF AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD ACCESS TO
CHILDREN AND FROM THAT TIME ON I
WAS HOOKED"
LACY ALONG WITH HIS SUPERHERO
UNDERCOVER PARTNER SPEND THEIR
DAYS CHATTING WITH POTENTIAL
PREDATORS.
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"DOES ANYTHING SHOCK YOU
ANYMORE? UNFORTUNATELY NO"
USING SPECIAL TRAINING ISLE OF
WIGHT INVESTIGATORS SPEND THEIR
DAYS IN CHAT ROOMS AND WEBSITES
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"
THERE ARE UNFORTUNATELY PLACES
ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE MADE
FOR ADULTS LOOKING TO MEET KIDS
AND THAT'S WHERE WE USUALLY HANG
OUT AT"
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"
SOMETIMES IT IS WITH IN MINUTES
OF US ENTERING AN AREA WE GET
OUR FIRST CONTACT FROM SOMEONE
WHO TURNS OUT TO BE A PREDATOR"
AND THE CONVERSATIONS DON'T
END--
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"
HE SAID DAMN SEXY WHAT ARE YOU
DOING RIGHT NOW"
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
=
YUP THIS GUY IS IN THE NAVY-- HE
IS GOING TO HAVE A LONG ROAD
AHEAD OF THEM"
INVESTIGATORS CAN FIND
THEMSELVES IN NEARLY A DOZEN
DIFFERENT CHATS DAILY.
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"YEAH IT CAN GET CONFUSING. YOU
CAN MESS UP SOMETIMES TRUST ME
IT HAS HAPPENED:"
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST
THREE MINUTES OF CHAT
LACY TOOK 10 ON YOUR SIDE INTO A
CHAT WITH TED KEISTER .
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"HE ASKED ME HOW OLD I WAS HE
TOLD ME THAT I LOOKED AMAZING
AND THAT HE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
SEE ME IN A BIKINI"
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"WITHIN 45 MINUTES OF THE
INITIAL CONTACT WE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT SOME GRAPHIC
STUFF"
KEISTER WAS ARRESTED-- HE IS
SPENDING THE NEXT 15 YEARS
BEHIND BARS.
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"
YOU CAN GO TO A HOMICIDE SCENE
AND YOU SEE IT AND YOU GO HOME
AND YOU FORGET ABOUT IT BUT WHEN
YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO ARE
WILLING TO DO TO KIDS IS
PROBABLY THE HARDEST STUFF TO
FORGET ABOUT"
MAKING AN ARREST IS GREAT-- BUT
IT HAS TO HOLD UP IN COURT--
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"
SO THOSE PHONES WE ARE USING A
MAKE ENTRY INTO THOSE"
PART OF THAT IS USING
SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO COLLECT
AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE
FROM PHONES AND COMPUTERS--
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"SOME PHONES COULD TAKE MONTHS
OR EVEN A YEAR"
WHICH MANY TIMES CAN LEAD TO
EVEN MORE CHARGES
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"THEY ARE CHATTING WITH
UNDERCOVER THEY COME HERE BUT
THEN THEY ALSO DOWNLOADED A
LARGE QUANTIFY OF CHILD
EXPLOITIVE IMAGES AND THEN THEY
WILL BE CHANGED ACCORDINGLY"
THE WORK HAS PAID OFF--
LURING MEN TO THE COUNTY SUCH AS
YORKTOWN'S JEFFREY CLUTTERS
WHO'S IN PRISON FOR THE NEXT 5
YEARS..
INVESTIGATORS HAVE MADE 21
ARRESTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
RESULTING IN MORE THAN 200
CHARGES.
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"WE PUT THEIR MUG SHOTS UP HERE
KIND OF AS A REMINDER OF WHY WE
DO THIS"
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS GOTTEN
SO GOOD-- OTHER AREA DEPARTMENTS
ARE REACHING OUT FOR HELP.
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"I THINK WE ARE ONE OF THE
PREMIER AGENCIES THAT WORK ON
THIS CRIME IN SEVEN CITIES"
INVESTIGATORS KNOW THE JOB IS
NEVER ENDING.
(INVESTIGATOR SEAN LACY/ISLE OF
WIGHT SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
"
THE SCARY THING IS THAT THESE
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE CHATTING
WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT
REACH OUT TO US THEY'RE NOT
GOING ANYWHERE"
SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HANG OUT
AND WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT
POTENTIAL PREDATOR BECOMES THEIR
PREY.
(UNDER COVER INVESTIGATOR)
"THERE IS NO STOP IT SEEMS LIKE
YOU TAKE ONE OFF THE STREET AND
LOCK SOMEBODY UP THERE ARE FIVE
MORE TO FILL THEIR SPOT IT'S SAD
BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS"
THE EQUIPMENT THAT DEPUTIES
USE WAS ALL DONATED WITH THE
HELP OF THE INTERNET CRIMES TASK
FORCE OUT OF BEDFORD COUNTY AND
THE FBI.