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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:07 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:07
FRANKFORT, Ky. — McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden said people in his area learned the harsh reality that child predators can strike anywhere, showing that the state needs to toughen laws to prevent them from pursuing youngsters online.
Hayden joined Attorney General Jack Conway, prosecutors and other law-enforcement officers yesterday in promoting a bill to aid the fight against online predators. The measure later cleared the House Judiciary Committee.
The Western Kentucky sheriff said some people think such crimes are limited to big cities, but a teen girl in his area was raped last year, allegedly by an adult man she met on the Internet.