You can't make this stuff up?!

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

...For Allegedly Soliciting Sex From A Minor On The Net  ....................................................................................................... ....................

  The Stamford, Conn based company, Weekly Reader Corp. that publishes Teen Newsweek, Current Events, Current Health and Career World employed Noel Neff as an editor. Neff faces two charges of using "the Internet with the intent to travel to have sex with a minor," FBI spokeswoman stated.

According to MetroWest Daily News of Framingham, [MA] authorities informed MetroWest, Neff was arrested in the parking lot of Franklin Village Mall. Allegedly the Weekly Reader editor had arranged to meet with a minor for sex.

According to the FBI, Neff is currently being held until he appears before U.S. District Court in Boston.

Neff’s arrest comes on the heals of a former Newsweek publisher and 9-year member of the New York State Board of Regents, Robert M. Johnson, being indicted for downloading child pornography on his business computer and attempting to destroy the evidence once Johnson became aware he was under investigation. See

Former Newsday Publisher Indicted for Child Porn

According to statistics reported by http://internet-filter- review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics.html child pornography generates $3 billion dollars annually, sexual solicitations of youth made in chat rooms – 89% and 20% of youths receive sexual solicitation.

In an effort to combat crimes against children the FBI has established the Office of Crimes Against Children, their number is 202-324-3666. In addition, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children maintains a cyber tip line: http:// http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/