2003 News Stories
News Stories Related to Internet Crimes Against Children - 2005
| Honolulu Star-Bulletin Stories... | ||
| 25-year-old indicted in child-porn case | Saturday, April 9, 2005 - An Oahu grand jury has indicted a 25-year-old man with distributing and possessing child pornography earlier this year. | |
| Man pleads guilty in child porn case | Friday, March 4, 2005 - A Honolulu man faces a possible 10-year maximum prison sentence after pleading guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography. | |
| No-contest plea made in online teen sex case | Saturday, February 26, 2005 - A bus driver pleaded no contest yesterday to arranging over the Internet to have sex with a 13-year-old last summer and showing up at the prearranged location. | |
| Isle man charged with alleged child porn | Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - The U.S. Attorney's Office charged a Hawaii man yesterday with violating child pornography laws. | |
| Child porn nets jail term - Former bank executive David G. Zerfoss gets 18 months in prison | Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - A former bank executive was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, followed by three years of supervised release. | |
| Man indicted in Net liaison | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - A Kaneohe man who allegedly communicated with a purported 13-year-old on the Internet and agreed to meet with her for sex was indicted yesterday by an Oahu grand jury on a charge of first-degree electronic enticement of a child. | |
| Alleged proposition of child leads to arrest | Friday, August 6, 2004 - A 42-year-old Mililani man was arrested yesterday for suspicion of first-degree electronic enticement of a child. | |
| UH student gets 30 days in jail | Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - The man is tripped up by police posing as a teenage girl online. | |
| Man gets probation, jail for Net sex offense | Saturday, July 24, 2004 - A 31-year-old Waianae man convicted of using the Internet to arrange a sexual encounter with a minor has been ordered to spend 30 days in jail and five years on probation. | |
| Net case nets 6-month term | Saturday, June 26, 2004 - Armando Sierra is sentenced for trying to lure a girl for sex through the Internet. | |
| Waipahu man accused of luring teen for sex | Friday, June 25, 2004 - Police arrested a 29-year-old Waipahu man Wednesday after he allegedly arranged to meet a 15-year-old boy to engage in sexual conduct. | |
| Libraries must install Net filter by June 30 | Saturday, June 19, 2004 - To comply with federal law, Hawaii's public libraries plan to install an Internet filter on their computers by June 30 to block Web sites considered "harmful to minors," but adult patrons may request that it be disabled. | |
| Bank executive admits to possessing child pornography | Saturday, April 17, 2004 - A former top executive at Bank of Hawaii, who also served as Central Pacific Bank's chief investment officer, has pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography downloaded from the Internet. | |
| Kauai man gets 10 years for child porn | Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - A 60-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for posting an ad on the Internet offering to trade child pornography and for possessing thousands of images and movies of child pornography on his computer. | |
| Court defers enticement charge | Thursday, March 4, 2004 - A convict who sought sex with a minor girl could have his record expunged in five years | |
| Whatever Happened To... An update on past news | Saturday, January 24, 2004 - Child pornographer has served his full sentence. | |
| MP indicted for alleged luring of child online | Friday, November 7, 2003 - An Army military policeman has been indicted on one count of electronic enticement of a child. Bail was set for $100,000. | |
| Lawyers test child Internet law | Thursday, October 9, 2003 - A defense attorney argues the enticement statute is too vague and unconstitutional. | |
| UH student held in solicitation sting | Tuesday, October 7, 2003 - Investigators contend the graduate student thought he was going to meet a 13-year-old | |
| Man allegedly lures girl for sex via Internet | Saturday, September 20, 2003 - Law enforcement agents have arrested a Mililani man on a charge he allegedly used the Internet to lure a 13-year-old girl for sex. | |
| Teacher jailed in child porn case | Saturday, July 19, 2003 - A plea agreement results in a 46-month sentence and a fine for image possession | |
| Maui resident confesses to child porn offenses | Friday, July 11, 2003 - A Kihei man has admitted to visiting areas frequented by children and surreptitiously taking photos of them and their genital areas to satisfy his "lust" and for his "viewing pleasure." | |
| Man admits guilt in child porn cases | Friday, July 11, 2003 - A Kapaa man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to possessing pornographic materials depicting children having sex. | |
| High court OKs library porn filters - Isle libraries say they will follow the order to retain federal funds | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court said yesterday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, rejecting librarians' complaints that the law amounts to censorship. | |
| Maui man convicted in Internet sex case | Saturday, June 7, 2003 - A federal jury found a Maui man guilty yesterday of attempting to use the Internet to entice a 15-year-old Wyoming girl to come to Hawaii to have sex with him. | |
| Photos of girl lead to soldier's indictment | Thursday, April 17, 2003 - A federal grand jury has indicted a 33-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier for allegedly engaging in a sexual act with a 15-year-old girl. | |
| Woman indicted over minors' sexual images | Thursday, April 17, 2003 - A 25-year-old Manoa woman was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for allegedly possessing a computer hard drive that contained images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. | |
| Honolulu firefighter admits to sex assault | Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - A Honolulu firefighter has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of sexual contact involving two teen girls he corresponded with over the Internet. | |
| Grand jury indicts man on electronic enticement of a child - He is the first indicted for trying to lure a girl online for sex | Monday, February 10, 2003 - An Oahu grand jury has indicted a Honolulu man for allegedly using the Internet to try and lure a 13-year-old girl for sex, state Attorney General Mark Bennett said today. | |
| Waipahu man gets jail for underage sex | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - A 34-year-old Waipahu man was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after he admitted to having sex with a 13-year-old Kauai girl he met through an Internet chat room. | |
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