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If you can take the time to read through these, you will understand why something needs to be done. These are just a few of the stories they dont want you to hear. It is an atrocity....this should not be happening in our country
I have been following this website closely and I have to say all of the comments and
stories are really an example as to how corrupt and crooked these internet stings really
are. My son graduated from high school last May - May of 2011 and turned 18 the next
month in June. In October, we moved to Tallahassee so he can pursue his major at FSU
and one week later my son was arrested in one of these stings. Since then, he sees a
therapist every week for his anxiety which has come in tremendous amounts, and also
because at the time, we did not know he had been struggling with his sexual identity and
who he was, and this "investigator" or "member of law enforcement" was the first person
he had ever shared these feelings with. The ad that he had replied to on "Craigslist" was
"I'm tired of hiding who I am." The description read, "I'm tired of living a lie." So you
would think that behind that would be someone who had been struggling with their
sexuality and would be in the same situation as he was...NOT. My son was lured and
trapped into this, he trusted someone who he thought was in the same situation as he was
and was going through the same thing. Even our public defender told us that in the
emails, the investigator had initiated each segment of the conversation and lured into
coming over to this supposed "house," where they pulled him over BEFORE he even got
there and TOOK HIM to this house in another neighborhood. To make things more
difficult, my son is adopted (not the bad part, believe me) and he became in contact with
his biological family last Christmas who lives here in Tallahassee and wouldn't you know
it - were all in law enforcement, and his biological "uncle" was the arresting officer and
was the one who pulled him over and took him to this house...and you can bet, they have
cut off all contact with him. Since last October, my son is now 19 and can only go to
work, see his therapist and come home. He has yet to start college,(he was already out
one semester because of being an out-of-state student) and his anxiety stays through the
roof. Just the other night, he heard a helicopter flying over our house and thought it was
them coming after him again...which might sound like a little much, but believe me, the
mental anguish that he and our family are under has been enormous. Just think to
yourself
He wants nothing more than to move on from this nightmare and we want just that for
him and believe me... I know who I raised and I did not raise a pedophile. He doesn't
have access to his Facebook account but I look at it from time to time and see numerous
posts on his wall of support for him, not to mention the letters we have recieved from his
friends from high school and even former employers, which we have given to our public
defender. His therapist is on our side 100% and even she agrees that he is NOT pedophile
or predator material. She even has written a letter for the prosecutor saying that he is not
what they're trying to make him out to be. As for his case, we have had multiple case
managements and we are set for a trial on 8-20 but our public defender told us when we
met with him last week that he believes it will be continued because they aren't finished
with their investigation supposedly. I am telling you all now who ever is reading this, I
KNOW WHO I RAISED! And believe me he is not a pedophile. Just think to yourself,
being someone having to confront your family about your struggles with your sexual
identity in a way like this, just because you trusted someone and were lured in this
crooked investigation and made out to be someone you're entirely not. And, on top of
that, his biological family - has cut off all contact with him! What a way to lose a
relationship that you had been waiting for your entire life in a way like this. I am ready to
fight and my son is ready to fight, and I am more than willing to get into contact with
anyone who would like to form a united front, per say - to show that this was a complete
trap and that they can not be ruining people's lives like this. I noticed above the mention
of contacting the ACLU - and I will be more than willing to assist in any possible way I
can in forming this united front, showing that we are going to FIGHT! and we are NOT
GOING TO GIVE UP! Like I said before, I know who I raised and he is not pedophile
material. I loved him then, and I love him now through it all, he is MY son and HELL
HATH NO FURY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING MY SON! My email address
is - and to the creator of this website, I know we exchanged
emails once already, but let me know of any specific information you might need on your
side and I will get it to you as soon as possible, and I am willing to do anything for you
and anyone else. Again, to all of you in this same situation, we can NOT give up! WE
CAN DO THIS!
mistakeSeptember 13, 2012 5:47 AM Here is my story.... I live in Panama City Florida
and I was a Master Sergeant in the Air Force before this happened. I was part of the
"Tally Op" sting in Tallahassee. I answered an ad in the Adult Personals section of
Craigslist it said " Wanna Be My first - w4m - 99" I answered accordingly with a little bit
of interest and without being graphic or anything. They eventually said they were 14
years old almost 15. then asked what I would do If I came to Tallahassee. I answered
"whatever you like". then they came back and said "well I would like to know before you
get here and I like a man that knows what he wants ahead of time". I responded back
thinking it wasn't a legit person and was graphic on one email. after that they made plans
for me to go up to Tallahassee and meet with them. I never showed up or went up there
even though they made plans 2 times for me to come up there. With that said, I never
traveled and I broke off all communications because I couldn't consciously carry on the
conversation anymore, just in case it was a minor. About 10 days after breaking off
the conversation, I was ordered by my commander to go talk to the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations (OSI). I followed my 1st Sergeant to the OSI office and was met
by an investigator from Tallahassee PD and an FDLE investigator. They traveled 2 hours
to panama city. After answering all thier questions as I was ordered to do so, I was
arrested and taken to Bay county Jail. I posted bond 2 days later. Since then I have
been on the local news, treated poorly by the military. The removed me from active duty
which also removes my retirement benefits , which I was eligible for in 3 years. I was
forced to take a job that is outside of my expertise and lower paying. I am barely making
my mortgage payment now. And I have had to pay alot for a good lawyer. At this point in
time my lawyer is trying to get the single charge of" illegal use of a computer service to
solicit" dropped. Unfortunately the damage to my reputation and my life is already done.
I have no career left and true no friends left. The military found me guilty before I had a
chance to defend myself. The rest of my community has found me guilty as well and I
have not even been tried in a court of law. I didn't travel, I didn't send any graphic
images I just had an email conversation with a fictitious person
18 months of hell!!!!!!!October 6, 2012 2:31 AM I am at my wits end, my husband
was arrested in one of these stings about 18 months ago. He placed a Craigslist ad
wanting to fulfill a fantasy of a threesome (no I did not know or approve of the add) an
cop from the ICAC contacted said ad as an adult female and her daughter, emails went
back and forth for some time, husband inquired about the daughter's age and was ignored,
after several weeks it was finally revealed she was a minor, they romanced and seduced
and then spoon fed him everything they wanted/needed to make the arrest, like send an
email detailing what you would like to do, buy a gift, etc. After the arrest we had several
visits from the FBI and a situation with one of the arresting officers. They asked for our
assistance and then used that to strong arm a plea from my husband or we would be
arrested for doing what they requested. My husband has NEVER been in trouble. They
searched multiple computers and there was not any child porn, chat rooms or child porn
sites found on any of the computers. He is fast approaching sentencing and is looking at
10 to 15 year sentence an the lawyer told him today to keep it low keyed at the sentencing
because if he makes the judge angry the judge could impose a life sentence. They
claim they do these stings to save the children, well what about all of our grandchildren
that are devastated by all of this, they adore their grandpa and miss him very
much. This has been a real eye opener and I now trust NO ONE. I want to do
something to get this changed but don't know where to even begin.
I have been following this website closely and I have to say all of the comments and
stories are really an example as to how corrupt and crooked these internet stings really
are. My son graduated from high school last May - May of 2011 and turned 18 the next
month in June. In October, we moved to Tallahassee so he can pursue his major at FSU
and one week later my son was arrested in one of these stings. Since then, he sees a
therapist every week for his anxiety which has come in tremendous amounts, and also
because at the time, we did not know he had been struggling with his sexual identity and
who he was, and this "investigator" or "member of law enforcement" was the first person
he had ever shared these feelings with. The ad that he had replied to on "Craigslist" was
"I'm tired of hiding who I am." The description read, "I'm tired of living a lie." So you
would think that behind that would be someone who had been struggling with their
sexuality and would be in the same situation as he was...NOT. My son was lured and
trapped into this, he trusted someone who he thought was in the same situation as he was
and was going through the same thing. Even our public defender told us that in the
emails, the investigator had initiated each segment of the conversation and lured into
coming over to this supposed "house," where they pulled him over BEFORE he even got
there and TOOK HIM to this house in another neighborhood. To make things more
difficult, my son is adopted (not the bad part, believe me) and he became in contact with
his biological family last Christmas who lives here in Tallahassee and wouldn't you know
it - were all in law enforcement, and his biological "uncle" was the arresting officer and
was the one who pulled him over and took him to this house...and you can bet, they have
cut off all contact with him. Since last October, my son is now 19 and can only go to
work, see his therapist and come home. He has yet to start college,(he was already out
one semester because of being an out-of-state student) and his anxiety stays through the
roof. Just the other night, he heard a helicopter flying over our house and thought it was
them coming after him again...which might sound like a little much, but believe me, the
mental anguish that he and our family are under has been enormous. Just think to
yourself
He wants nothing more than to move on from this nightmare and we want just that for
him and believe me... I know who I raised and I did not raise a pedophile. He doesn't
have access to his Facebook account but I look at it from time to time and see numerous
posts on his wall of support for him, not to mention the letters we have recieved from his
friends from high school and even former employers, which we have given to our public
defender. His therapist is on our side 100% and even she agrees that he is NOT pedophile
or predator material. She even has written a letter for the prosecutor saying that he is not
what they're trying to make him out to be. As for his case, we have had multiple case
managements and we are set for a trial on 8-20 but our public defender told us when we
met with him last week that he believes it will be continued because they aren't finished
with their investigation supposedly. I am telling you all now who ever is reading this, I
KNOW WHO I RAISED! And believe me he is not a pedophile. Just think to yourself,
being someone having to confront your family about your struggles with your sexual
identity in a way like this, just because you trusted someone and were lured in this
crooked investigation and made out to be someone you're entirely not. And, on top of
that, his biological family - has cut off all contact with him! What a way to lose a
relationship that you had been waiting for your entire life in a way like this. I am ready to
fight and my son is ready to fight, and I am more than willing to get into contact with
anyone who would like to form a united front, per say - to show that this was a complete
trap and that they can not be ruining people's lives like this. I noticed above the mention
of contacting the ACLU - and I will be more than willing to assist in any possible way I
can in forming this united front, showing that we are going to FIGHT! and we are NOT
GOING TO GIVE UP! Like I said before, I know who I raised and he is not pedophile
material. I loved him then, and I love him now through it all, he is MY son and HELL
HATH NO FURY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING MY SON! My email address
is - and to the creator of this website, I know we exchanged
emails once already, but let me know of any specific information you might need on your
side and I will get it to you as soon as possible, and I am willing to do anything for you
and anyone else. Again, to all of you in this same situation, we can NOT give up! WE
CAN DO THIS!
mistakeSeptember 13, 2012 5:47 AM Here is my story.... I live in Panama City Florida
and I was a Master Sergeant in the Air Force before this happened. I was part of the
"Tally Op" sting in Tallahassee. I answered an ad in the Adult Personals section of
Craigslist it said " Wanna Be My first - w4m - 99" I answered accordingly with a little bit
of interest and without being graphic or anything. They eventually said they were 14
years old almost 15. then asked what I would do If I came to Tallahassee. I answered
"whatever you like". then they came back and said "well I would like to know before you
get here and I like a man that knows what he wants ahead of time". I responded back
thinking it wasn't a legit person and was graphic on one email. after that they made plans
for me to go up to Tallahassee and meet with them. I never showed up or went up there
even though they made plans 2 times for me to come up there. With that said, I never
traveled and I broke off all communications because I couldn't consciously carry on the
conversation anymore, just in case it was a minor. About 10 days after breaking off
the conversation, I was ordered by my commander to go talk to the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations (OSI). I followed my 1st Sergeant to the OSI office and was met
by an investigator from Tallahassee PD and an FDLE investigator. They traveled 2 hours
to panama city. After answering all thier questions as I was ordered to do so, I was
arrested and taken to Bay county Jail. I posted bond 2 days later. Since then I have
been on the local news, treated poorly by the military. The removed me from active duty
which also removes my retirement benefits , which I was eligible for in 3 years. I was
forced to take a job that is outside of my expertise and lower paying. I am barely making
my mortgage payment now. And I have had to pay alot for a good lawyer. At this point in
time my lawyer is trying to get the single charge of" illegal use of a computer service to
solicit" dropped. Unfortunately the damage to my reputation and my life is already done.
I have no career left and true no friends left. The military found me guilty before I had a
chance to defend myself. The rest of my community has found me guilty as well and I
have not even been tried in a court of law. I didn't travel, I didn't send any graphic
images I just had an email conversation with a fictitious person
18 months of hell!!!!!!!October 6, 2012 2:31 AM I am at my wits end, my husband
was arrested in one of these stings about 18 months ago. He placed a Craigslist ad
wanting to fulfill a fantasy of a threesome (no I did not know or approve of the add) an
cop from the ICAC contacted said ad as an adult female and her daughter, emails went
back and forth for some time, husband inquired about the daughter's age and was ignored,
after several weeks it was finally revealed she was a minor, they romanced and seduced
and then spoon fed him everything they wanted/needed to make the arrest, like send an
email detailing what you would like to do, buy a gift, etc. After the arrest we had several
visits from the FBI and a situation with one of the arresting officers. They asked for our
assistance and then used that to strong arm a plea from my husband or we would be
arrested for doing what they requested. My husband has NEVER been in trouble. They
searched multiple computers and there was not any child porn, chat rooms or child porn
sites found on any of the computers. He is fast approaching sentencing and is looking at
10 to 15 year sentence an the lawyer told him today to keep it low keyed at the sentencing
because if he makes the judge angry the judge could impose a life sentence. They
claim they do these stings to save the children, well what about all of our grandchildren
that are devastated by all of this, they adore their grandpa and miss him very
much. This has been a real eye opener and I now trust NO ONE. I want to do
something to get this changed but don't know where to even begin.
