Comments | squeakywheel: US Sex Offender Posed as Pupil

squeakywheel

US Sex Offender Posed as Pupil

Feb 02, 2007 12:41

I don't have to say anything. Just read this:

A 29-year-old convicted sex offender has spent four months at a US school after successfully posing as a 12-year-old boy, officials say.

Wow.

stupid, linkage, in the news, amusing

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stilldocked_too February 2 2007, 20:59:47 UTC

The NY Times did about 5000 words on this on Wednesday...apparently it was on Dateline NBC a couple of weeks ago.

I blame the charter schools.

squeakywheel February 2 2007, 21:17:20 UTC

Ah, I guess the BBC is slow, damn. But still...I don't care how short you are, there's a huge difference between a man who is almost 30 and a pre-teen. I just can't fathom why no one thought, "Hmm, why does that child have so much stubble?"

stilldocked_too February 2 2007, 21:24:32 UTC

he shaved during the day and applied make-up copiously...and charter schools are the refuge of the unenlightened;-)

squeakywheel February 2 2007, 21:37:31 UTC

Is that true? He used makeup? And I don't know anything about charter schools so I'll take your word for it. :)

And: hee! Just noticed your icon. :)

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omgcats February 2 2007, 21:18:53 UTC

I think the best part about this is the men he slept with (the ones who posed as his guardians, ages 61 and 45) complaining that he wasn't really a twelve year old boy. That's not something you should share with the world at large, guys.

squeakywheel February 2 2007, 21:38:27 UTC

He slept with his supposed guardians?

omgcats February 3 2007, 00:37:38 UTC

Yup. The article on CNN talks about their reactions.

squeakywheel February 5 2007, 19:14:11 UTC

Thanks for the link. Methinks I need to do my homework before posting articles. :)

jonthedull February 2 2007, 21:20:29 UTC

weird

squeakywheel February 2 2007, 21:38:48 UTC

word

vivesse3 February 2 2007, 21:53:25 UTC

Off the subject, but thanks for the add. I'm honored.

squeakywheel February 2 2007, 23:06:53 UTC

Cool. :) I really enjoyed your post about Legally Blonde, so I thought I'd sign up for more. ;)

grybai February 2 2007, 23:42:16 UTC

Yeah, I was very weirded out when I saw that story. I don't know if it says it in this article, but of the three men he was living with, he knew one from prison and was sleeping with the other two while they thought he was a 12 year old boy. Gross.

I work at a charter school in Arizona, but we're one of the few decent ones that is really strict about who we let in. I don't think he'd be able to get past us.. at least, I hope not.

squeakywheel February 5 2007, 19:13:48 UTC

Wow, I didn't realize there were so many layers to this story. The more I find out, the weirder it is. Yeesh.