Dear Gnutella forummers,

How are you guys doing? I think I tried to post this in another thread but, for some reason, it didn't show up. Perhaps, though, this thread is more appropriate for it.

I have a specific question about a legal situation. I have a young male friend who is 14-years-old who has been chatting and sexually befriending a 26-year-old male. The older male, protective of himself, didn't give much information about himself except for the fact that his name is "John." On the other hand, his face and body figure became clear when he cammed naked with the 14-year-old, who was also naked on came. The mother found out about their skype sessions (camming and sexual messages) and reported the chatlogs and cam vids to the police (before grounding her son). The police doesn't know the 26-year-olds real name, but they say that since they know his supposed first name and what his face and body figure looks like, they can put him on a federal database.

My questions are as following: By federal database, the police means that one thing they could possibly do is detect him at airports, shall he ever use one. How exactly can they do this if they don't have his real name? Specifically what do they do? Also, what crime has he commit and, if caught (which I hope he is), what punishment(s) might he be facing?

Finally, if there is a national statistic or a state-wide statistic (they also know that he is somewhere in California), what are his chances of being caught?