One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Ex-pastor sentenced in Alabama child porn case.
Cannon pleaded guilty in April to possession and distribution of child pornography. He admitted he posted child pornography on various Facebook profiles, using his own and fake names. Court records indicated that Cannon used 13 phony accounts.
Source: WSFA
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Dothan man arrested for raping victim at knifepoint in Enterprise.
The victim in the case stated she met Mueller online through a social media website. She admitted to giving Mueller her address during an online conversation.
Source: WSFA
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Tornado cleanup worker from Maryland charged with raping teen in Guntersville.
Investigator Doug Ware says Clatterbuck met the girl over the Internet and encouraged her to come with him to Alabama.
Source: AL.com
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Digital Life published an article titled 12-year-old gets probation for Facebook cyberstalking.
That’s right, you read the headline correctly: A 12-year-old was given probation Wednesday after being charged with cyberstalking a former “friend” on Facebook.
Source: Digital Life
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled Wi-Fi-hacking neighbor sentenced to 18 years.
Barry Ardolf, 46, repeatedly hacked into his next-door neighbors’ Wi-Fi network in 2009, and used it to try and frame them for child pornography, sexual harassment, various kinds of professional misconduct and to send threatening e-mail to politicians, including Vice President Joe Biden.
Source: CNN
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WTVR in Virginia published an article titled Police: Man poses on Facebook as Virginia college coed, contacts teenage boys for porn and sex.
Investigators say a 42-year-old Virginia man pretended he was a 19-year-old University of Virginia college coed and asked teenage boys on Facebook to send him naked pictures.
Source: WTVR
On October 28, 2011 we will host a Cyberkids Presentation at Opp Middle School at an Alabama Counseling Association conference. The conference will begin at 8:30 am CT. Visit our Events page for details.
Protecting Children in Cyberspace is an article written by Greg Price (Director of the Alabama Computer Forensics Institute) that was published in a 2011 edition of Healthy Horizons Magazine. It provides an overview of why individuals should be concerned about how youth use the Internet. The link is also included in our Resources page.
We’ve moved the core of our site to a new server. Please continue to visit http://www.whoswatchingalabama.org for the latest information. However, if you bookmarked pages within the old site then those entries will need to be updated. Our RSS feed location has also changed.
Our name has changed from the Troy University Computer Forensics Institute to the Alabama Computer Forensics Institute. You’ll still find us at http://www.whoswatchingalabama.org.
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