Post by Angel on Nov 20, 2010 16:10:38 GMT -5
KING, N.C. -- An East Bend man was charged Wednesday with committing crimes against the same child in Stokes, Yadkin and Forsyth counties.
Police in King arrested Maynard Norman Peters, 51, after an ongoing investigation into his communications with a child 16 years of age or younger.
Police said Peters was communicating with the girl by cell phone, text messaging, instant messaging and e-mail and lied about seeing her when she was recently reporting missing.
Police said Peters took the child from school several times and on one occasion took her from her residence to Peters' home. Police said neither the child's parents nor school officials were aware of the encounters.
Peters was charged Wednesday morning with felony statutory rape of a child and felony statutory sex offense of a child.
Police said authorities in Yadkin County charged Peters with rape of a child and statutory sex offense against a child. He has also been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Forsyth County. Further details about those incidents weren't immediately available, but King police Chief Paula May said the incidents all involved the same girl.
Peters served a 12-year prison term from 1977 to 1989 for safecracking/safe robbery, burning a public building, breaking and entering, larceny, obstructing justice and larceny of a vehicle. He was being held in Stokes County for the most recent charges on a $455,000 bond. May said more charges are expected.
May said the two met in person, but the relationship accelerated online. She said they would set up times to meet up on Web sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Nearby residents said they worry about what their children see and do on the Internet.
Tracey Bottoms said she learned how bad the Internet can be for children when her 11-year-old gave out her cell phone number on a social networking site.
"The guys were text messaging you. What were they saying in their text messages, because I read some of them," Bottoms said to her young daughter. "The guys said they wanted to have their arms wrapped around you, they wanted to touch you."
The Kisch family said all "online friends" must first get real-life parental approval.
"When these people want to be your friends, you really have to look at it," Stephen Kisch said. "They are not allowed to accept anybody unless we read it."
King's police chief advised parents to be aware of with whom their children are communicating via the Internet and on their cell phone.
"Also, parents should be aware of their children’s actual attendance record in school classes, not just general daily school attendance," May said. "I would also encourage parents to talk to their children and teens and explain that there are predators online who present themselves to be much younger than they are and even a totally different person than they really are."
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Police in King arrested Maynard Norman Peters, 51, after an ongoing investigation into his communications with a child 16 years of age or younger.
Police said Peters was communicating with the girl by cell phone, text messaging, instant messaging and e-mail and lied about seeing her when she was recently reporting missing.
Police said Peters took the child from school several times and on one occasion took her from her residence to Peters' home. Police said neither the child's parents nor school officials were aware of the encounters.
Peters was charged Wednesday morning with felony statutory rape of a child and felony statutory sex offense of a child.
Police said authorities in Yadkin County charged Peters with rape of a child and statutory sex offense against a child. He has also been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Forsyth County. Further details about those incidents weren't immediately available, but King police Chief Paula May said the incidents all involved the same girl.
Peters served a 12-year prison term from 1977 to 1989 for safecracking/safe robbery, burning a public building, breaking and entering, larceny, obstructing justice and larceny of a vehicle. He was being held in Stokes County for the most recent charges on a $455,000 bond. May said more charges are expected.
May said the two met in person, but the relationship accelerated online. She said they would set up times to meet up on Web sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Nearby residents said they worry about what their children see and do on the Internet.
Tracey Bottoms said she learned how bad the Internet can be for children when her 11-year-old gave out her cell phone number on a social networking site.
"The guys were text messaging you. What were they saying in their text messages, because I read some of them," Bottoms said to her young daughter. "The guys said they wanted to have their arms wrapped around you, they wanted to touch you."
The Kisch family said all "online friends" must first get real-life parental approval.
"When these people want to be your friends, you really have to look at it," Stephen Kisch said. "They are not allowed to accept anybody unless we read it."
King's police chief advised parents to be aware of with whom their children are communicating via the Internet and on their cell phone.
"Also, parents should be aware of their children’s actual attendance record in school classes, not just general daily school attendance," May said. "I would also encourage parents to talk to their children and teens and explain that there are predators online who present themselves to be much younger than they are and even a totally different person than they really are."
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