Bikeland Lends its Support to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

If you're lucky enough to be reading this story, you're one of the many people online who can help make a difference. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period resulting in an average of 2,185 children being reported missing each day. According to the latest online victimization research, approximately one in seven youth online (10 to 17-years-old) received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet.

Bikeland is proud to be able to lend its support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which operates several programs, including the Amber Alert program and the Cybertipline.

While you browse Bikeland, periodically you'll see a banner ad for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Click on it and you'll be presented with the most recent alerts for missing children. Given some time we hope that the Center will provide us with a dynamic banner that will scroll through missing children; escentially the online equivalent of faces on cartons of milk.

Over 100,000 readers visit Bikeland every month... With all of your eyes an ears, together we can help unite a family or help a child in need. Take some time out of your daily routine and check up on these alerts.

You can visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children directly at http://www.missingkids.com/

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E-mail Correspondence Puts Oregon Girl at Risk
On April 20, 2006, a concerned father in Medford, Oregon reported to the CyberTipline that his 13-year-old daughter had developed an E-mail relationship with a 32-year-old adult male.

An analyst with NCMEC's Exploited Child Unit (ECU) contacted the child's family and requested copies of the E-mail correspondence. These E-mails revealed graphic comments by the suspect regarding the child's body and suggestions of sexual activity between the two. The suspect also told the child that these conversations were to be their "little secret."

The next morning, the child's parents contacted NCMEC again after learning that the suspect asked the child to meet him, alone, at a local mall. Two photos of the reported suspect were provided to assist law enforcement and all of this information was forwarded to the OJJDP-funded Oregon Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

That afternoon, investigators waited for the suspect at the mall. During this time, they photographed him as he waited for the child to arrive. When the child did not show, a second meeting was arranged at a local park. When the suspect arrived at the park, he was taken into custody without incident. Notably, he was found with inappropriate gifts for the child.

The suspect has been charged with Attempted Sodomy in the Second Degree and Attempt Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.


Source: Bikeland.org

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