Police arrest Michigan man for raping 12-year-old boy he met through online video game network

Police in Ohio have charged a 19-year-old Michigan man with traveling to Parma and raping a 12-year-old boy.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Codey Hawks (left) met his victim on Xbox Live where he played an unspecified online game with the boy and his father.

[jack who]

Hawks reportedly played an online X-Box game with the boy and also the child's father.

Hawks traveled Jan. 15 by bus from Burton, Mich., near Flint, to Parma. He called the victim's family when he arrived and asked if he could stay with them. Hawks said he'd joined the National Guard and was to ship out in February.

lets change the title plz

[Helghast]

This is ridiculous!

The dad should be arrested for First Degree Stupidity

[na2ru1]

It makes me laugh. Sucks to be the 12 year old. Must feel like a right nancy girly pants poofy f*g.

"A man raped me" sounds so girly and wrong for a boy. Is it me or did boy rape start since Michael Jackson's acusations? I never heard of any such cases before MJ's.

This world gets crazier by the year. Sorry for sounding homophobic but gosh! A BOY?!!

[Dino]

and not just the dude above me

[BLuKhaos]

I was wondering where PP has been all this time.

[Michael Jackson]

So now I invented rape too..?

DOH!

[cactuschef]

Its a sad, cold, nasty fact, but boys have been getting raped by men for a VERY long time. This isn't something new, and Micheal Jackson didn't invent it. The Greeks more than likely invented it in ancient times.

[dragunrising]

I think rapists should be shot dead on the spot (if proven guilty in a court of law).

With that said, the father is partly to blame for trusting a complete stranger.

[Chris399]

It is a mental illness where they seek to sexually dominate someone lesser than them. Often pedophiles were molested themselves as children and carry that behavior into adulthood - the abused becomes the abuser (I'm not excusing or empathizing with the behavior, I find the concept revolting; I'm just explaining it).

In any event, this is a terrible tragedy and my condolences to the boy and his family. It's sad that we live in an age where we can't really trust people anymore.

It's also equally disturbing how many of these offenders are lurking on Live. MS could benefit from some advanced parental controls on their system. I'm amazed that none of these stories have bled out to the mainstream press and tarnished their image. Money well spent, I guess. I'd rather see that money filtered towards improving the safety of the service than stifling the media.

Burying your head in the sand doesn't make the problem go away.

[DavidMacDougall]

"Hawks now is in the county jail" Getting beat up and raped.

[Pandemic]

Hmm, Sorry but because you own an Xbox 360, your going to get raped

[DavidMacDougall]

Hes paying 50 dollars a year for something that is suppost to be free hes already getting raped LOL

[BLuKhaos]

Gang bang?

[Michael Jackson]

Maybe we should change your name to sonar-a*s then. :P

[SAiOSiN]

who the fluck let's a stranger stay at their home anyway???

[Jazz4108]

who the fluck let's a stranger stay at their home anyway???

Answer: people who dont care if there little boy or girl gets raped.

[jadenkorri]

letting a person stay with you that you met online, on top of that, leaving your 12 year old son with him, i think theirs a Darwin award for that..

[IzKyD1331]

who the fluck says the word fluck? lol
It's the Dad's fault

[Dino]

stupid parents should be in jail with the fruit-cup

[No Way]

One Point For The Parents! ;)
Idiots..

[Heldrasil]

Agreed! People are too trusting these days. I have kids and would never let a stranger stay in the house.

[poindat]

Man, I totally rape everyone at COD4. I know how this guy feels.

Oh, wait...

[Bubble Buddy]

^ haha bubbles

[CAPT IRISH]

What were the parents thinking??????

[legendkilla]

to the twilight zone.....

[Jager]

Ill pay a couple thousand to the guys who share the jail cell with him to make his life a living hell...

[jadenkorri]

they will make his life hell in jail, if you know any prison guards, they know what happens to these people...

[Timesplitter14]

pedos usually get a real hard time when they're sent to jail.

Even prisonners despise them

[cactuschef]

Thats why I got a Ps3...

[Shadow Man]

Sigh...

[MGOelite]

dude im sorta a ps3 fanboy but that is crossing a line... its uncool to act like a fanboy after a rape

[cactuschef]

Jesus i came to the open zone to post my slightly distasteful comment, and got sh1t for it. Ive seen worse statements in the gamer zone, calling it the New Xbox Experience. You used to be cool Open Zone, what happened?

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

Whats with all the XBL Rape articles lately? lol

[Elvfam511]

Beacuse that's The Next Xbox Experience

[El_Colombiano]

Oh you didn't just go there! Hahahaha!

[Elvfam511]

lmao

[Erotic Sheep]

And I thought Sony was weird with advertising O_o

[na2ru1]

Jump in. (Teabagging fest inevitable)

[Elvfam511]

"Jump in. (Teabagging fest inevitable)"

lmfaooooo

Pay as you play

[El_Colombiano]

It all makes sense now! You pay to get other men's crotch in your face!

[Jubo1]

sweet jesus.... oi how do people let this happen wth were the parents thinking, people are sick though

[Bill Gates]

.

[hadouken007]

whould have been better if he got rrod. i wonder if this ever happened to foxgod? dont call for him he aint spending a night at my house.

[Elvfam511]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH HHHHHHHHHHH

where you at foxgod fight fight

[BLuKhaos]

he did get a red ring of death,he got raped.

[Kassanova07]

wtf

[gunnerheadboy]

Jump In.

[ElementX]

Call me old fashioned, but I wouldn't consider criminal activity involving video games actual video game news. I thought gamer news was about games and consoles and industry news. Not rapists, thefts, or murders involving games.

[Elvfam511]

well it does in involve the Xbox 360 console and live so yeah as much as i hate seeing news like this it has a console in it

[na2ru1]

Full real-time competitive interaction, better than the Wii.

[Amplitude]

XLB rape count this month- 3

[dustgavin]

And rising....

[Covenant]

Appropriate punishment for the b@stard:

Shove a red-hot poker up his @ss.

That'll give him a "red ring of death..."

[dredgewalker]

Who would leave a kid with a stanger?!? What kind of morons are the parents of the kid?!?! Dont they watch tv or even read the papers that there are many sexual predators out there? As a parent i blame the parents as much as the perp for not being cautious when dealing with strangers.

[Timesplitter14]

Some pedos meet kids in real life.

Therefore, real life should be banned

[SSCOOLCHEA]

parents are stupid. it aint cactus fault ...why is this news anyways ? ..The shltbox always causes problem...unlike the ps3 where we are saving lives through research .

[Elvfam511]

no your stupid dont ever call xbox stupid i swear lol I'm kidding

[outlawlife]

this is just a classic case of abd parenting, why would you even leave your kid alone with a stranger...or let them stay at your house?

people think the internet is a "safe place" for some reason and it no different from folks you'd meet on a day to day basis

it is different because these people who establish relationships with people in a non personal way have issues to begin with, and sure good things have come from meting people online but people need to be more responsible

in this case the parents should be held somewhat accountable as well, it is sad, very sad

[Mutley416]

Dammm that`s not from my house...LAwz...

WFT...That`s just messed up-

[Obama]

I haven't seen pp for a few days, one has to wonder... :O

[PS3jah360]

white ppl :'(

[user3915800]

Its the parents fault for letting a Final Fantasy kind of individual playing with his kid. I meant, what do you suspect almost all this people playing FF games are somewhat mentally challenge with the clothing they wear and the gay conduct. I expect no less from the Final Fantasy Community.

OOps I have no more bubbles left........lol.......

[OhMyGandhi]

...and I thought Teabagging was done only in video games.

[OSIRUSSS]

I think the rape kit is the next big add on for 360 owners.

[devilhunterx]

So XBL was the pimp eh

[NarFan]

why they dont kill someone like him