Mo. video gamer sentenced in Sanger teen sex case

A man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for having sex with a 14-year-old he met on Xbox Live; after traveling 30 hours to get to her.

[Funqy]

That's downright wrong.

[Ziriux]

Guys like this make me sick. Online gaming should just be used for team work in video games, not to have cyber sex with an underage girl, it's just sick practice.

[Saaking]

Man, that's disgusting. This guy should never be let out again.

[Ziriux]

Sadly instead of life, he is just going in for a decade, which most likely if he does a great job in jail will have parole and in no time he'll be out.

Does anyone think that this could have also been legitimate love?

[FaSeCeX]

for the same game maybe haha

but on a more serious note..i dont think he should be locked up..save prisons for the real criminals...this guy should have been locked up for a weekend and maybe lose both thumbs..have fun going through life with no thumbs

[A HiFi]

It is possible. We don't know the details though. But at the end of the day, 27-year-old...14-year-old...I mean, come on. Considering he was on her myspace page, I'm sure he would have known she was 14.

Big problem with kids on Xbox Live is what they are exposed towards. For example, language. Some kids can take and accept the language at a young age and use it in a way which is not harmful or ultimately rude, but many will copycat. Isn't the service officially 18+? I seem to remember that.

[Hellsvacancy]

The sicko should b shot dead

[hulk_bash1987]

It's called parental control settings, learn to use them. And I hope this guy gets sodomized like hell in jail so he learns his effing lesson when he gets out.

[ThanatosDMC]

NAMBLA episode of Southpark but in this case it's a female.

[FamilyGuy]

No really, he travelled 30 hours "non-stop" just to fXXk her so she had to be hot right? And if she was a hot 14 year old girl, what the hell was she doing on xbox live in the first place. A hot, 14 year old gamer girl? Maybe he thought she was worth it and WAS in "love".

[bacon13]

I like how people are going around the forum disagreeing with those that said this is very wrong and perverted. Whoever thinks this story isn't evil and gross can go to hell. Good thing prison will be absolute torture for this guy. Good riddance.

[Xbox Avatars Shoe]

Everyone who said this was wrong has at least 5 disagrees! WTF?!

Maybe the N4G community is even worse than I thought...

[The Happy Baby]

wants to bang people she meets on XBL----you've failed as a parent.

And if you are a 30 yr old man, who wants to bang 14 yr old girls(not just on XBL, but PERIOD)----you've failed at life.

[sikbeta]

I don't know why so many disagrees, but this "guy" deserve this

[Guido]

It's disgusting to me that parents would not be informed enough with their kids to know that this stuff happens. I am a parent of two and keep tabs on what they do in my house. Call it an invasion of privacy or call it a parent being in control of what their kids do while under my roof, it matters not to me. I plan to make sure my kids do not wind up in this position... I don't feel like feeling the need to put a shot gun in some 30 year olds face for screwing my kid.

[GrandDragon]

Using these mediums to interact with others will naturally involve having relationships. Remember when people reach that age they are more aware of their sexuality and things like this are bound to happen. In any case the law restricts relationships by enforcing age limits. So even if it was a consensual relationship America deems the law as superior and so this guy has to suffer years in jail.

Lets all not forget, the girl wasn't exactly playing as the hopeless naive victim, she was sending her picture to him!!! I think that's the reason why people are disagreeing with comments who are condemning this act.

In so many countries around the world a girl aged 14-15 can have sexual relationships and its NOT against the law. So reactions to such events will vary depending on where you live and what your attitudes are towards love and maturity.

However this Guy clearly understood the risks he was taking (since he lives in America) and for him to travel all that far shows he was either desperate and needed soma or was truly in love.

Also the Parents obviously failed to protect their child from making detrimental decisions without their knowledge. Its actually very appalling that the girl her self didn't bother informing her parents if she knew what was going to happen!!

[ChrisW]

It's called practicing adequate parental supervision! It's not a setting that you can just turn on!!!

[hulk_bash1987]

No i was talking about the parental control settings on the actual console. I know what I was talking about. And I know the damn system has one, cause I own one. But thanks for trying.

[reneki]

no worries, he's gonna get it in jail

[elpresador]

..if it were a 14 year old male and 27 year old female, no one would think it was a bad thing (there is also a south park episode for this as well).

I live in Nevada and good thing it did not happen here. If you are caught having sex with a 14 year old it is a mandantory life sentence, no parole, no last second deals, its a go to ail for life card. Funny thing though is at 16, you are legal age of consent even if one party is 16 and the other like 40. Great state I tell ya.

[ChrisW]

You are right on one aspect of it, but adequate supervision also includes continuous supervision. Not just turning on a setting and turning your back.

[A HiFi]

Kinda non-gaming in a way, but at the same time - reminds you that Xbox Live isn't all just gaming and socialising. =S

[Ziriux]

Yea, sadly a few people that decide to use it for other purposes than gaming, ruin it for the rest of the Xbox Live community.

[SixZeroFour]

correction - reminds you that "online services" arent all just for gaming and socializing

[Ziriux]

Anyone can use it for whatever they wish really, people do pay $50 online. The thing is, it's hard for MS to monitor something like this if people are not reporting these types of people, but than again, it seems that this girl was enjoying this, for all we know she might have been a little slut.

[Wildarmsjecht]

He didn't get 10 years specifically for using XBOX live to commit pedophilia. He got 10 years for pretty much JUST committing pedophilia. These titles offer little to do with games.

Still, 10 years is the least he deserves. He'll be feeling it in jail tho.

[A HiFi]

Well, it does say "lure" but I get your point.

[NecrumSlavery]

This has everything to do with gaming. The 360 is a social tool and parents need too monitor what their children do on it. If gaming is another gateway for pedos to prey, then let it be addressed. Also shows the dangers kids face on LIVE. It's a community flooded with young gamers and moms and dads are resposible for keeping an eye out.

[LostCypher11]

This isn't just an issue with live. it's an issue with all socail Networking services these days. There was A story like this about wow last year. This is A Problem With anyone that can access the internet. unfortunately it's so hard for authorities to regulate.

[Dmitry Orlov]

Jump In.

[NegativeCreepWA]

I take it you've never been on PS Home its a pedophiles dream come true.

[LiL T]

XBOX Live JUMP IN...... my car little kids...

On a serious note, This guy should be water boarded and then raped in jail then given the chair. What is wrong with people these days?

[deshon09]

wen you can't find someone there own age

jump in more like jump on i kidd i kidd lol

[HDgamer]

Live Jump in I got candy in the van

[LiL T]

HAHA, have a bubble that was good.

@the disagrees- What a tool, you are either a hardcore xbox guy or a pedo or probably both. To all the disagrees please tell us what kinda van you have so the normal people on here can avoid/report you.

[Dmitry Orlov]

nah, I've never been to PSHome so I can't compare these two services.
All I know is that whenever I play Gears2 or Halo3, I always hear a lot of screaming/swearing kids (I can't even understand what are they saying most of the time) and retards who claim to have sexual relations with various members of my family.

[life doomer]

why are these stupid articles always getting approved? This is true life people and it happens all the time, it's nothing new. I'll rather hear something else than this c#@p. We all have to move along with our lives and worry more about the games.

[NecrumSlavery]

Games are not more important if the gamers re being raped

[rob6021]

I'm sure 90% of the time it goes unreported

[The real killer]

This is a proof that the X-Box community on live allot of kids are playing vey sad to read this.

But this is really disgusting.

[Marceles]

30 hrs? that's some psycho sh*t

[Dark General]

"Virtually non stop". The look that must have been on that guys face during that entire ride makes me laugh. Seriously though I'm glad they convicted this scumbag, hopefully he'll like the games he'll be playing in jail.

[LordMarius]

Xbox Live it only does pedophiles

[Government Cheese]

MariusElijah he only does bad jokes

[LordMarius]

oh that wasnt a joke

[LEGENDARY PELON]

Thats the main reason that a ps3 fangirl doesnt do the change from PSN to Xbox Live because they might get sexually abused which is going to lead them to get mentally traumatized which might prevent them from playing chicken lil, oh i mean lil big planet for life!!!

suck on that ps3 fangirls! "Marius/Saaking"
hahahah! just dont get to traumatized about it!!!

[GrandDragon]

Well a 14 year old Girl isn't prepubescent so this is not a case of paedophilia.

[Aleusia]

Really isn't joking, there are ALOT of Xbox fanboys on 4chan's /v/ board like 10 to every 1 ps3 fan or anybody who isn't a d!ckbag there, and 4chan is a site that mostly supports pedophilia and jailbait and such things...

Hmmmmmmm maybe being an Xbot doesn't seem like such a noble thing anymore, heh.

[TheBand1t]

He's going to be anally raped, possibly killed in prison.

Inmates, even murderers, absolutely HATE pedos.

[kaveti6616]

They hate them because they have families and feel like they cannot do anything to help their families while they are in prison. So they feel the best thing to do is to get rid of pedos when they are in prison.

[theIMP]

I don't know if either of you two have ever been locked up but that is exactly how it is. you could have robbed you grandma, killed a mother to steal her car so you could get across town faster to pick up a crack rock and be fine, but if you messed with a kid, your in for a bad time. Trust me I've see first hand want they do to people like that, and he WILL get what's coming to him. Convicts have kids too.

[MetalGearBear]

im glad that im PS3 owner. :)

[LiL T]

XBOX Live JUMP IN....... to my car little kids

[NegativeCreepWA]

Only ten years, for a case like this it should be life.

[LiL T]

Only in america can you get the same jail time for murder and possession of weed, makes perfect sense.

[Mikeyy]

@LIL T

I agree the system is ass backwards.

@Scar 360WA -

Really? Now if he stormed into a house and raped an 8 year old girl, then by all means Execute him. But this guy met a girl online, talked to her, she let him in, decided they should meet and they did it. No rape, no murder. Just love? When two people love eachother there really no stopping it. She wasnt a baby. She was 4 years shy of 18, 4 years is nothing. And Don't give me that "Shes not mentally stable bullsh*t" I was horny as hell at 13. Its like some of you where NEVER teenagers I swear.

[sleepyazn]

Soon all the worlds pedophilers will be too busy trying to get to Milo to hurt any real ppl.

[Mikeyy]

So what happens to the girl? no house arrest? She just gets off so she can get another 18+ yr old in trouble again. shes the slut. she could have told him to get lost but she didnt.

[cleanhealthy12]

i guess its the minors fault an adult didn't know right from wrong. keep the pedophile in you in check buddy because if you think like that you'll end up with this other dude in prison.

[lovestruck06]

she obviously had plans to have sex. some girls wait till highschool others dont whats the difference her hvavin sex with a seventeen year old or her havin sex with a 27 year old. either way shes a slut only reason guys her own age would say its wrong cuz that one girl they cant potentionally bang. teenagers are horny as f*ck. parents cannot control it...and if they try there just gunna make matters worst all you can do is hope they have sex with someone there with and not one knight stands at partys or have threesomes unless its ur son then you give him a pat on the back. cuz that scenerio doesnt happen easy for a guy atleast.... like i understand both sides......personally when u say he should be killed amd what not like ten years is a long time...personally i thing the whole underage sex law is very flawed. so many cases where a girl that looks older lies about her age then the guy gets 10 years. then she just goes and does it again. girls have way to much fin power. step into this guys shoes before you get all republican on his a$$...personally i agree it is wrong to have sex with a 14 year old and im only 20. 14 year olds are so immature and stupid. for a guy over 14 would even want to be with a immature 14 year old beats me. sometimes i wanna date an older girl cuz damn young girls have no fin clue what they want...its just a bs gong show.......so basically im split i think they should make there decision on punishment by looking at the circumstance. its someones life at stake. i dont know the story maybe she was vulnerble and he manipulated her but really a girl like that can be manipulated by anyone even a guy her age. her rents should be responsible for getting her help. cuz in reality u cant expect guys to deny sex.......so basically what im saying is as the system says its okay for a guy under 18 to manipulate a girl to have mutual sex but then a 27 year old gets 10 years in the same situation. please tell me the difference between having sex with a 27 year old and a 18 year old. oh yeah there is none except by a law. shes a slut aka vulnerable, has issues. and his a horny guy that likes sex.....age really issnt a factor. everyone knows 14 year olds are horny. but there is an age limit where its by no means a possibility of being mutual its rape. and they should factor that into these cases. oh yeah and u guys are getting disagreed cuz ur being close minded about this and being unrealistic and un logical. your comments are clouded by your own ethics not on the case.

personally i avoid 14, 15, 17 sometimes 18 year olds they are anoying and theyll do anything to fit in these days....hang out with way older guys, date alot, drink alot smoke, do drus...its sad really shame gunna have to raise my kids in this....when im a parent i can tell you im more worried about my kid doing drugs and smoking. id rather walk in on my daughter having sex then walk in on her doing coke with some guy or smoking....cuz i know from expierenced that sexual feelings are natural and if i try to force her to hide them she'll hate me and have sex to spite me. people that get other people hooked on hard drugs should be punished . drugs> sex. imo

sorry bout the legth alot to say about this topic.....i have one bubble so im sure writing this was pointless lol but whatever......

[GrandDragon]

Your views are enlightening and are actually are very pertinent.

Yes I agree, this girl certainly should have been punished just like how the guy was punished, at the end of the say it was mutual and not forced.

[TwistedMetal]

This is what happens when you have party chat and cross game chat. Its so easy to corner a little kid. Im glad alll the pervs and sickos are on the x360.

[LostCypher11]

yah keep thinking that. The internet is littered with them. Home has it's fair share of pedos. and So does live. the issue isn't which service has more. But what can we do to stop this kinda thing from happening

[Mikeyy]

How was she cornered? Read the article, they communicated on cell phone, facebook ect. She totally let it happen.

Im sick of all the close mindedness on the subject. BOTH the guy and the girl should be punished.

But your all going to just go, poor girl, was "raped" and abused, when she was acually a slut. Some of you seem to forget the alarming amount of Sexually active 13+ year olds. They arent being raped either. None of you went to city Highschool huh?

[HardcoreGamer]

if he liked her he should of proposed to her and sorted her out later when she was of age.

but no , so he gets punishment from his countrys law

[ShiNe-Box-]

Now we know why Zhuk hasn't replied to Darksniper's blog.

[menoyou]

It's a 15 year old not 14 year old. This site just changed the age to make it seem more shocking. Look at the original article.

[mxrider2]

That's so much betta?

[A HiFi]

Not true. She's 15 now, 14 at the time. Consult the second link in the article.

[FF7numbaone]

Hes sick in the head and shes 14 old enough to tell her parents and not get friendly with a grown man. We will have have sick old men/women but some teens should know better.

Some of these little boys/girls(ages 13 to 17) think their grown.

[CaulkSlap]

That's absolutely ridiculous. He should at most get probation. The girl consented and there was obviously some kind of relationship. It's not like he raped her or anything. I'm not saying it wasn't wrong but this guy's entire life is destroyed for virtually no reason. Victimless crime if you ask me. Aside from the taxpayers who will spend over a million dollars to pointlessly house the guy.

[LinuxGuru]

Seriously....it wasn't too long ago in western culture that 15 or 16 was considered the courting / marriage age for young women. Men were frequently somewhat or much older...but nowadays, people are so absolutely paranoid that anything even remotely approaching the age of 18 is considered a mortal sin and mark on that person's life and is served with jail time and a life-long record.

Modern society is so paranoid and is so involved that it's disgusting.

I'm not condoning a 20-something going after a young teenage girl, but for crying out loud people...there's far...FAR FAR FAR worse out there.

There's a little thing called "perspective" that most people totally lack.

The taxpayer money housing this guy for up to a decade could be used to incarcerate a murderer or a violent rapist or a corrupt official.

[Pumbli]

Actually, 15 year olds having sex with anyone 15+ is legal in Iceland... My 15 year old sister is dating a 21 year old man... Sometimes I wish I lived in a more civilized country where a sick bastard like him gets locked up... :/

I heard it's 16 in Norway and Sweden, though I'm not sure.

Anyways, this is not only the guy's fault, 14 year olds are not as brainless as everyone thinks. But I pity men that cannot find women that are close to their own age rather then just going the easy way and dating young girls.

[devilhunterx]

XBL is the new "van with "FREE CANDY INSIDE" painted on it".

[Mr Face Creamer]

And your the new homo in my neighborhood with "FOR FREE" tattooed all over his buttocks.

[devilhunterx]

Butt hurt much?

[Mr Face Creamer]

I was at first.

...Till I saw a picture of you.

[Kisama]

10 years eh? That's a pretty large chunk out of a man's life. I don't think it was worth 10 years. There defiantly should be punishment, but not that much.

[jalen247]

Anyone that can have sex with little kids doesn't deserve their freedom...10 years is not nearly enough...

[Dark-vash]

Do you think that a 15 yo is a little kid?

Don't be naive... some of them might already know more about sex then you probably do!

[LOLatURDUMBAZZ]

I have 2 lil girls 1 is 10 and the other is 9. I would be phuqin pissed off if this happend and would be ready to knock off this guy and put him in the ocala forest. But I was a teen once, I know skanks. This lil girl was wide open. Trust me i've been with plenty of them (when i was a teen). These girls are smarter (15 goin on 19) than u think. Wake up and pay attention if u have girls @ home. My best female friend told me and my wife she got off @ age 9! That right there show's u how fast they mature. I can't put it past her at all, she wanted to it. They didn't say anything about rape so its clear that she wanted to go on with the show. I live in florida, daytona beach is 30 miles from where i live. I was there for spring break when I seen my moms best friends daughter (14 at the time and I was 21) @ the desert inn giving lap dances and walkin around nude! I called her mom and got her azz busted because she is like family. I could not believe what she did! But, it showed me just how sneeky and freaky these teens can be. So they should burn off this guys wang for taking advantage of the lil girl. The girl should be givin some classes on how to be a lady and how to see past these older guys tryn to get into her pants. And where the hell was mom and dad?

[jalen247]

From my life experience coming up from a little boy to an adult, I have found that females are pretty loose in general no matter what age. That is why adults have to be adults in these types of situations. I don't even see how grown men can mess with little girls...their bodies aren't even developed yet...ill..

[Sigh]

for allowing him in her home? Stupid early teenagers -_-, the pedophile is pathetic too, cmon now... in love with a 14 year old? Sicko.

[jalen247]

Why is it that when you hear these kinds of stories its always XBox Live?...hmmm....

[LOLatURDUMBAZZ]

Its not just LIVE homie. PSN HOME is filled with PEDO-BEARS too. We all know this will happen with milo also. I'm not being childish, let's be adults about it. If these sickos got the balls to flirt with boys and girls on LIVE or HOME, then it will happen with their personal milo game. I think stores should run ID's (background check) when making a game or game console purchase. Only to check for known PEDO's that is. That should put a dent in those ppl. We need MSNBC to pop up to their house like...

"Hi, I'm Chris Hanson, please have a seat."

[insomnium]

of desperate and pathetic men out there. Did the girl lead him on or how was he caught? Little 15 yo girls can be clever if you are pathetic enough to believe everything they say.

I would put my money on the fact that this girl has had s*x with several boys/men before (and likes to teaze men) but the penalized man is a virgin. No other explanation.

[GrandDragon]

Oh genius! So all along that "little" conniving scheming 15 year old girl was just playing along with this guys lust?

LMAO

And then the guy got 10 years of his life taken away for his sexual frustration all because of this "little" 15 year old girl...

Justice LMAO

[Rahim92]

Xbox 360 - It only does spread Pedophility

[TwistedMetal]

If he touched my daughter he wouldnt be walking on this earth anymore. He would be walking under it burning in hell. next time hell buy a hooker or find a real wife. 10 years of toture is well desrved. hope some guys stick him with man meat.

[Listen]

What's the BIG DEAL! she CONSENTED TO IT! a 14 year old is not a child, they are physically developed enough to have sex and she wanted to have sex with him, so she's obviously mentally developed.

And he's going in for 10 years because of a natural act between two adult human beings? JESUS!

[Listen]

PS: She's 15 NOT 14 so she ws definitely ready for sex

[Akagi]

I'm Chris Haaaaaaansen.

[kraze07]

So what happened to the girl. The guy shouldn't take all the fault for this. I mean the girl did consent. What he did may be wrong, but 10 years is pretty harsh, especially considering the fact that the girl is 14. Anything under that I can understand, but she knew damn well what she was doing.

[Knightofelemia]

This is disgusting 10 years in prison is a walk in the park forthis guy if I was to sentence this guy i would just throw him in general population let the real inmates take care of him. I would yell to the inmates look a kiddie banger they hate kiddie bangers and those who hurt women.

[bjornbear]

on an interesting thought, remember they using PS3's to CATCH pedo's?

Just an ironic fact, never the less, this guy should go in for life, and I'm sorry for the girl n her family =(

[Bob Dole]

"That's my Sexbox and her name is Sony!"

[alinayg]

Mikeyy: Really? Now if he stormed into a house and raped an 8 year old girl, then by all means Execute him. But this guy met a girl online, talked to her, she let him in, decided they should meet and they did it. No rape, no murder. Just love? When two people love eachother there really no stopping it. She wasnt a baby. She was 4 years shy of 18, 4 years is nothing. And Don't give me that "Shes not mentally stable bullsh*t" I was horny as hell at 13. Its like some of you where NEVER teenagers I swear.

My exact thoughts.

[xGet_In_There]

if M$ will warranty the Red Ring he will have around his a$$ after a few months in jail haha.

But seriously I agree with alinayg. Its not like she was a 8 year old girl. OK it was wrong to do but to execute him for it, nahh. I personally don't think he should of got 10 years either. He should get jail time but only like 2-3 years. Now if it wasn't "consensual" then that's another story.

[matta]

I didn't read that she didn't like it. Don't care.

[Justin_bristoe]

it wouldn't have happened seeing that most of the wemon on the psn are about 23 to 35.we told ya'll there were nothing but kids on xbox live and someone was watching us type it over and over again and got their azz an account! lol. now that service is nothing but rapeplay hahaha.hey kids if u don't wanna get raped come on over to the psn,we have free realms for kids.

[oldsnayke]

We don't know the details. Maybe she was Arab and he was Arab? I am not saying this is right (honestly, I think it's immoral and disgusting, that's MY opinion though), but think about all of the ramifications behind this case.

In Muslim culture, it is perfectly acceptable for a woman to marry a man when she is physiologically capable in bearing children (ie 12 and 13 years old, she can marry a man who is 50). Marriage is okay as is sex. If he was white, and she was white... then in our culture, that is looked down upon - but in Muslim culture, it is natural and beautiful.

[hailSLAYER420]

stop defending this guy and blaming the girl he knows its wrong to be with a 14 yr old and he made the choice he should be in jail longer for this and for playing crapbox 360 but stop and realize this guy knows it was wrong and did it anyways stop blaming the girl jebus!

[PhoenixLight]

the girl new it was wrong too, yet she made the choice. their both freaks, end of story.

[Veneno]

Is this what they mean by Xbox live is better? You bots make me sick. I wonder how many of you are into this thing. You guys need help, seriously.

[Bush]

The little girl porbably had the neglect of a father to a 14 yr old girl there first boyfriend is love at that age no girl or guy even knows what love is. The guy should be punished he is a predator who prayed on a vulnarable girl whose is confused. If its her first seirouse relationship then she will do whatever it takes to keep him I don't know what the story of the girl is I can only go by the predator. People say well the guy and the girl should both be punished you say that now till you find out your 14 yr old daughter lost her virginity to a 27 year old man then you want the guy hung by the neck. If it were up to me I would just put a bullet through the head of every pedofile out there in or out of jail what this guy did was wrong and disgusting and 10 yrs in jail is not long enough.

[horris36]

Hope the next girl u have sex with is honest with her age, is not under 18 or doesnt have a a fake id.or else uh oh.

[hulk_bash1987]

Lots of sickos in this world

[iamjman]

I am in no way a fan of little girls but seriously her consenting is just as bad as him going all the way over there. you would think she would get charged for co-committing a crime.
Not to mention if the guy has to go through all that trouble to get with a girl he's got some other problems lol

[Aleusia]

It only does Statutory Rape.