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?

Hi RGHRGH (How do you pronounce that?)

I will attempt to answer some of your questions, with my ageing technical knowledge, and maybe the other forum members can pick up the questions I cannot answer.

Here we go, you asked in one of your questions:It is highly unlikely that they can detect him via his body type, unless you have something completely different in the US, there is no such thing as a body-type database outside of the medical profession that law enforcement can use.

A person's body type can change with illness, dieting, surgery or any other thing you can think of, in other words body type can change over the course of a person's life.

It is more likely that this person is a known sex offender and they, the authorities, already have a mug shot of him.

You also asked:There is a crime of child grooming, click on the link to find out more.

The last question I can answer is:Very good, because the police can examine the youngster's computer and get the IP address of the offender or get his ISP and then via his ISP get him.

Please note that under your "Patriot Act" all ISPs must keep a log of their user's activities for the authorities to inspect as and when required. So once the police contacts the offenders ISP with the relevant time and date then there is no hiding place.

That perverts days are numbered and he his looking at "years" in prison when he is caught.



UK Bob

I posted a reply before this post, but for some reason, it wouldn't show up. Also, every time I get to this page, it always refreshes and returns to the top of the page ever few seconds...