Accused Molester Hunted On Xbox Live

GamePolitics has the unfortunate task of reporting that an accused child molester evidently found his victim via Xbox Live. From the piece: "Watts made contact with the boy on Xbox Live in October or November. Their contacts ultimately included e-mails and pornographic videos sent by Watts. The boy eventually gave the suspect his contact information, leading to a meeting in a Santa Rosa park where the alleged molestation took place. After learning of the complaint, investigators searched Watts' home, seizing his Xbox and a laptop PC, along with a variety of cameras. Watts is currently free on bail."

Read the police press release for confirmation

[SmallFurryCreature]

http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/default.aspx?PageId=120 &NewsId=660/ [santa-rosa.ca.us] this shows almost exactly what you say. It seems this 26 yr old male showed movies of himself to this 13yr old boy after meeting on x-box live. it does not become clear how the video is exchanged perhaps via e-mail.

The kid and adult then meet up, adult touches the kid, kid objects, adult leaves him alone, kid cries to mom, police gets involved and a media hype is born.

Frankly this sounds an awfull lot less nasty then the headlines make it out to be.

However kids are allowed to be stupid, adults are not allowed to touch kids in certain ways. The kid is innocent if stupid, the adult is wrong. How wrong is for a jury to decide.

Re:As I was telling my friend...

[Saige]

I believe there's an option to turn off voice output entirely.

If not, you can always direct it to your headset, then not wear the headset. Presto, no having to listen to people!

BTW, make sure to use the feedback system - it actually does make a difference. You'd be surprised how many people get voice banned for some period of time for their behavior - it's quite opposite from the impression people get that there are no consequences to getting negative feedback.

Re:Let me guess what the media would do...

[jythie]

Actually, molestation covers a range of activities, including rape, but also including groaping, flashing, and taking naughty pictures. While those are still no-nos to do with a kid (and I'm not sure I would call a 13 year old a child), there is a BIG differnce between flashing someone and raping them.