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Archives > Volume 8 Issue 69 - December 22, 2010 Florida Sheriff Defends Arrest of 'Pedophile Guide' Author...The Florida sheriff who ordered the arrest of a Colorado man who wrote a how-to guide for pedophiles says he did so because the self-published book went beyond free speech and First Amendment protection -- and could teach would-be predators how to victimize children. Fox News story here 
Phillip Ray Greaves, a 47-year-old retired nurse's aide in Pueblo, Colo., was arrested Monday at his home by sheriff's deputies from Florida's Polk County and charged with violating Florida's obscenity law, a third-degree felony. During a brief court appearance on Monday, Greaves waived his right to fight extradition. He will be booked into the Polk County jail around 11 a.m. Tuesday and has his next court appearance scheduled for Wednesday.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said his office arrested Greaves because he sold and mailed the "horrifying" book -- "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-Lover's Code of Conduct" -- directly to undercover deputies at an address in Lakeland, Fla., after being paid $50. "This is a how-to guide to sexually batter children," Judd told FoxNews.com on Tuesday. "It deals with techniques, avoiding risk of discovery and provided real-life examples of how to do this. That goes beyond free speech. No one loves the Constitution and the First Amendment as much as I do, but this goes beyond free speech." Judd said officials from the Pueblo County Sheriff's Department were "very helpful" in arresting Greaves. "He was not only a menace to the children in Colorado by teaching predators how to sexually abuse children, but by the fact he published [the book], any predator or would-be predator could learn how to sexually abuse children," he said. "And when he delivered that content here, the depictions of sexually battery -- that gave us jurisdiction when he sold and delivered it." Judd said the book contains two graphic stories depicting an adult engaged in sex acts with children, specifically adult genital contact and oral penetration with a 9-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy. Judd, who has served as Polk County's sheriff for the past six years of his 38-year tenure, said he relishes his role as a "crusader" against child predators. In other news... The UK Government is to combat the early sexualization of children by blocking internet pornography unless parents request it, it was revealed today. News.com.au story here The move is intended to ensure that children are not exposed to sex as a routine by-product of the internet. It follows warnings about the hidden damage being done to children by sex sites. The biggest UK broadband providers, including BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, are being called to a meeting next month by Ed Vaizey, the communications minister, and will be asked to change how pornography gets into homes. Instead of using parental controls to stop access to pornography -- so-called "opting out" -- the tap will be turned off at source. Adults will then have to "opt in." For more on kids and pornography, visit eGuide/kidsandporn. 
A Colorado man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing children for more than a decade at a school he founded in Haiti, including some who faced him in the courtroom and testified that he threatened to put them back on the streets if they did not submit to his advances. CBS News story here Judge Janet Bond Arterton called Douglas Perlitz a serial rapist and molester as she imposed the sentence in New Haven federal court. She said she believed he would commit the same crimes again if he were in a similar position.
The U.S. teen birth rate hit an all-time low in 2009 -- a decline that stunned experts say is partly because of the economy. AP story from CBS here The birth rate for teenagers fell to 39 births per 1,000 girls, ages 15 through 19, according to a government report released Tuesday. It was a 6 percent decline from the previous year, and the lowest rate since health officials started tracking that data in 1940. 
According to a new study conducted by the Parents Television Council (PTC), Hollywood is shockingly obsessed with sexualizing teen girls, to the point where underage female characters are shown participating in an even higher percentage of sexual situations than their adult counterparts: 47 percent to 29 percent respectively. Fox News story here PTC's report, entitled "New Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Primetime TV" is based on a content analysis drawn from the 25 most popular shows in the 12-17 demographic throughout the 2009-2010 television season. The study is available online at parentstv.org.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released its annual report on child abuse and neglect. "Child Maltreatment 2009" marks the 20th issuance of the report and shows a steady decrease in the number of victims who suffered maltreatment for the third consecutive year. HHS release here *for access to member only sites like the New York Times, use the ID "JohnDoeID" and the password "whatever". On sites asking for an email address, feel free to use "info@childprotectionprogram.org" |
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