The 17-year-old boy was booked into a youth detention center on charges of child kidnapping, vehicle theft, obstruction of justice, false personal information, no driver license, and no insurance.įOX 13 News confirmed the teen suspect is well known to law enforcement. Spanish Fork Police are continuing their investigation into Monday’s alleged kidnapping and assault. “I always tell parents, make sure you are talking to your kids… not threatening, not saying I’m going to take everything away, because that will backfire, if and when something does happen, they don’t feel comfortable coming to their parents,” said Busch-Upwall. Michelle says its not just young girls that are victims, she says specifically with the rise of sextortion cases, more and more young boys are coming forward. More than 50 of victims are ages 12 to 15 and 89 of victims. “They’re using everything, so access is pretty easy to our kids, we gotta be aware of that, parents need to know how all these things work, if their kids are on an app, I always encourage them to download that app and see how it works,” said Busch-Upwall. Federal investigators believe there are more than 500,000 online predators active each day and they all have multiple online profiles. Busch-Upwall says they get cyber tips involving TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and even Pinterest.
Since then, there has unfortunately been an. There’s not one specific platform predators use. Kozaks was one of the first widely-publicized cases of grooming and abduction of children on the internet. Read - Salt Lake City FBI reports 'overwhelming' number of 'sextortion' cases involving young boys One in five kids is sexually solicited online, according to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.Īnd with more apps, comes more access to kids. “You’ve gotta monitor your kids, talk to them about predators,” said Busch-Upwall. and allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting her.
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“The trend is changing, they’re being more aggressive, as you know we’ve had three in the past month where they’ve actually taken them out of their homes,” said Michelle Busch-Upwall, Education Specialist with ICAC.Īfter talking online for two months, police say a 17-year-old met a 12-year-old in real life, picking the girl up at 4 a.m. Greater online protection for girls is urgently needed, say experts, after new analysis revealed that 84 of grooming offences recorded under a law. On Friday, the government will launch the Stop Abuse Together campaign, which will offer guidance to parents on how to spot signs of sexual abuse and help keep children safe online. SALT LAKE CITY - Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force experts say online predators are becoming more frequent and more aggressive in their interactions with underage children.
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