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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 23 > The rise of Internet predators

The rise of Internet predators

Cheaper surfing, smarter perps keep law officials busy, a little discouraged

By Todd Richmond / The Bulletin
March 23, 2009

MADISON, Wis. — Eric Szatkowski is a Wisconsin Justice Department special agent, but on that Sunday afternoon he entered an online chat room as a 14-year-old boy.

He claimed he was into weightlifting, AC/DC and muscle magazines. Then he waited.

Within hours, screen name Paul2u sent a....

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