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Thread started 04/30/08 8:33am

Graycap23

Man Charged With Rape Of Girl He Met On MySpace

Man Charged With Rape Of Girl He Met On MySpace

POSTED: 11:20 am EDT April 30, 2008


GADSDEN, Ala. -- Police have arrested a 21-year-old Gadsden man on charges that he raped a 14-year-old South Carolina girl he met on MySpace.

Gadsden Police juvenile detective Sergeant Chris Haney says Jared Heath Gaskey was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape and soliciting a child by computer.

Haney says the man met the girl through the online social networking site known as MySpace about a month ago. He says the two had been communicating and eventually exchanged telephone numbers and made plans for the man to drive to Greenville, South Carolina, to pick the girl up.

Police say the man is accused of picking the girl up at the middle school she attends Friday afternoon. He says the two arrived back in Gadsden that night.

In the meantime, the girl's mother discovered she was missing and started searching for her. Haney says she discovered information on the computer that led to the suspect.

Haney says a police detective in South Carolina telephoned Gaskey and told him the girl was 14.

Haney says Gaskey was taken into custody, and the girl's mother drove to Gadsden to pick up the girl early Saturday.
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Reply #1 posted 04/30/08 9:22am

2elijah

Scary as hell. These men should know that many of these young girls lie about their age and some of these fools, will still take a chance even if they let them know how young they are and meet up with them. That guy is an idiot, and deserves to go to jail just for being stupid, and that 14 year old needs to be put on probation to teach her a lesson.

It's scary, because many of these grown men don't know whether they are conversing with girls under 18 years old on any site.
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Reply #2 posted 04/30/08 9:30am

rodman2

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Thats the problem with the internet, people can say they are anyone, gender,age, any information is never for sure. I've heard of police forces pretending to be young kids and have been hit on by pedofiles and the such, and the number of hits was very high.
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Reply #3 posted 04/30/08 9:53am

morningsong

Dude picked the girl up at her middle school, not many 18 year olds attend middle school.
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Reply #4 posted 04/30/08 11:05am

noimageatall

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morningsong said:

Dude picked the girl up at her middle school, not many 18 year olds attend middle school.


Good point, morningsong. That guy knew what he was doing. That's why there are laws in place. Sure, she probably knew how old HE was, but she's a MINOR...a child, and has to be protected.
"Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack
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Reply #5 posted 04/30/08 11:07am

2elijah

morningsong said:

Dude picked the girl up at her middle school, not many 18 year olds attend middle school.


Exactly...that should have rang an alarm right there..
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Reply #6 posted 04/30/08 11:24am

lazycrockett

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Rule Number 1. Don't trust the internet.
The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything.
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Reply #7 posted 04/30/08 11:31am

SynthiaRose

Why are they calling it rape?

Statutes be damned.

She participated fully in setting this up and obviously wanted to have sex.

I'm tired of people acting like teens have no sexuality and no sense.

They can consent to sex.
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Reply #8 posted 04/30/08 11:44am

morningsong

SynthiaRose said:

Why are they calling it rape?

Statutes be damned.

She participated fully in setting this up and obviously wanted to have sex.

I'm tired of people acting like teens have no sexuality and no sense.

They can consent to sex.



I would suppose the same reason, an adult is arrested and charged when buying or selling a minor alcohol or cigarettes when they want them.
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Reply #9 posted 04/30/08 11:46pm

missmad

rodman2 said:

Thats the problem with the internet, people can say they are anyone, gender,age, any information is never for sure. I've heard of police forces pretending to be young kids and have been hit on by pedofiles and the such, and the number of hits was very high.




right, law and Order SVU had an episode on that where stabler i think pretended to be a kid to chat to a rapist who lured on kids.
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Reply #10 posted 05/01/08 12:17am

jazzvirtuoso

SynthiaRose said:

Why are they calling it rape?

Statutes be damned.

She participated fully in setting this up and obviously wanted to have sex.

I'm tired of people acting like teens have no sexuality and no sense.

They can consent to sex.



Bingo, Bango!!!
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Reply #11 posted 05/01/08 4:42am

wildgoldenhone
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lazycrockett said:

Rule Number 1. Don't trust the internet.

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Hate the internet.
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Reply #12 posted 05/01/08 9:07pm

Brownsugar

lazycrockett said:

Rule Number 1. Don't trust the internet.


and I'd like to add rule number 2. watch what your damn kids do on the internet
3. watch who they talk to.
4. watch your damn kids

it may be restrictive, prying, or whatever who cares.
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Reply #13 posted 05/02/08 3:53am

wildgoldenhone
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Brownsugar said:

lazycrockett said:

Rule Number 1. Don't trust the internet.


and I'd like to add rule number 2. watch what your damn kids do on the internet
3. watch who they talk to.
4. watch your damn kids

it may be restrictive, prying, or whatever who cares.

Yep, you don't know who's on the other end trying to trick you.
You can't believe everything people say there are people who will try to manipulate you.
Parents really do need to watch their kids.
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Reply #14 posted 05/02/08 3:54am

wildgoldenhone
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wildgoldenhoney said:

Brownsugar said:



and I'd like to add rule number 2. watch what your damn kids do on the internet
3. watch who they talk to.
4. watch your damn kids

it may be restrictive, prying, or whatever who cares.

Yep, you don't know who's on the other end trying to trick you.
You can't believe everything people say there are people who will try to manipulate you.
Parents really do need to watch their kids.
nod

I would wholeheartedly believe in empowering my kids with knowledge.
nod
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Reply #15 posted 05/02/08 4:44am

Mach

Move to GD - Mach
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Reply #16 posted 05/02/08 4:51am

purplesweat

When are people ever going to learn?

Everyone LOVES to blame myspace or the net for these problems and crimes but in the end, it's the dumbasses USING the net who get themselves into these situations.

EVERYONE knows not to meet a stranger over the net. It HAS to be common knowledge by now. No one has ever just randomly been attacked by HAVING a myspace page, they've been attacked by agreeing to MEET the attacker or by being completely retarded enough to give a stranger their home address.

Where were her parents? I don't care if her door is locked, break it open and demand to see the page and OBSERVE! The amount of catastrophic incidents with young people that stem from uncaring, unobservant parents DISTURBS me almost MORE than the crimes themselves.

These kids just walk right into a lifetime of hell, and the parents never seem to realise they're mostly to blame. NOT the internet.

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