Cyber Crimes
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Phillip Bryan Stewart
txwantsome
Investigator Curtis Sadler
Arrested 07-31-2003
Kendall County
Traveled to meet what he thought was a 13year-old boy.
Charged with criminal solicitation of a minor
Also has a federal indictment for one count
of Coercion and Enticement.
Stewart was a married (now divorced) father
of three children. His two boys were 10 and
12. His daughter was 8.
Stewart was also a Little League baseball
coach and coached basketball to minors in
Junction.\
Convicted and sentenced to 5 years in
prison and must register as a sex offender.
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Gregory Battson
battsongr8
Investigator Katherine
Smith
Arrested 03-25-2004
Walker County
Arrested for Criminal
Attempt - Sexual
Assault of a Child
Married with children
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Patrick Craig
Investigator Steve May
Arrested 04-20-2004
Walker County
Arrested for Criminal
Attempt - Aggravated Sexual
Assault of a Minor.
College student, is single and
resides with his mother.
Plead guilty to Attempted
Sexual Performance of a
Child.
Convicted and sentenced to
10 years probation, 180 days
in county jail, $2,000 fine and
must register as a sex
offender for 20 years.
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Johnathan Keith Kana
Investigator Cody Smirl
Hays County (Buda, Tx)
Arrested 6/29/05
Kana attempted to meet what he
believed was a 13 year old female.
Subject will be charged with Criminal
Attempt - Aggravated Sexual Assault
of a Child, Criminal Attempt - Sexual
Performance of a Child and Criminal
Solicitation of a Minor.
Kana resides in Lexington, Texas and
is engaged to be married and has no
children.
Kana graduated in 2004 from
Soutwestern University in
Georgetown, Texas. Kana was
attending Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary in pursuit of
Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in
Music Ministry.
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NCMEC Survey – Youth on the
Internet (Ages 10 – 17)
 1 in 33 received an aggressive sexual solicitation such
as arranging for a meeting, called on telephone, sent
them letters, etc.
 1 in 4 received unwanted exposure to pictures of nude
people having sex in the last year.
 1in 17 was threatened or harassed.
 Approximately 1 in 5 received a sexual solicitation or
approach.
NCMEC (2000)
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Where did this Sexual
Solicitation take place?
 Computer Locations
– 70% at home
– 22% at someone
else’s home
– 4% at school
– 3% at library
 Internet
– 65% in chatrooms
– 24% in Instant
Message
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Blog Sites
 Facebook
 Xanga
 Myspace
 Espinthebottle
 Tagged
 Blogspot
 Cpixel
 Hi5
 Yahoo!360
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CHILDREN—
THE “IDEAL” VICTIM
 Naturally curious
 Easily led by adults
 Need for attention and affection
 Need to defy parents
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REPORTING THE CRIME
 25% of the youth who encountered a
sexual solicitation or approach told a
parent.
 Less than 10% of sexual solicitations were
reported to authorities such as a lawenforcement agency, an Internet Service
Provider, or a hotline.
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Safety Tips
 Webcams:
– “Hacker Uses Webcam To Spy On Family”
Click2Houston.com (2004).
15 yr old female surfing Internet
Typing message to girlfriend and her message
turns sexually explicit
Hacker opened her disc drive
Controlling not only computer but webcam
The hacker even listened to conversations thru the
microphone attached to the webcam
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“Chatroom Lingo”
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(((((((((name)))))))) - Giving so-and-so
person a hug
AKA - Also Known As
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
B4 - Before
bbl - Be Back Later
bfn - Bye For Now
brb - Be Right Back
*EG* - an evil grin
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FYI - For Your Information
*G* - a grin
G2G - Got To Go
GB - Goodbye
*GBG* - a great big grin
*GBS* - a great big smile
GG - Good Game
gl - Good Luck
imho - In My Humble Opinion
imo - In My Opinion
imnsho - In My Not So Humble Opinion
kotc - Kiss On The Cheek
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kotl - Kiss On The Lips
l8r - Later
lmao - Laughing My Ass/Arse Off
lol - Laugh Out Loud
msg - Message
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
pls - Please
rofl - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
roflmao - Rolling On Floor, Laughing My
Ass Off
*S* - a smile
ttyl - Talk To You Later
ttys - Talk To You Soon
ty - Thank You
w/ - With
*W* - a wink
wb - Welcome Back
*weg* - Wicked Evil Grin
wtf - What The F**k
yw - Your Welcome
9- Adult has entered room
99- Adult has left room
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Leetspeak
• Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing
the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards letter E, and "7" resembling the letter T. Others include
"8" replacing the letter B, "9" used as a G, "0" (zero) in lieu of O, and so on.
• Non-alphabet characters can be used to replace the letters they resemble. For example, "5" or
even "$" can replace the letter S. Applying this style, the word "leetspeek" can be written as
"133t5p33k" or even "!337$p34k," with "4" replacing the letter A.
• Letters can be substituted for other letters that may sound alike. Using "Z" for a final letter S,
and "X" for words ending in the letters C or K is common. For example, leetspeekers might
refer to their computer "5x1llz" (skills).
• Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed. Some leetspeekers will capitalize every letter except for
vowels (LiKe THiS) and otherwise reject conventional English style and grammar, or drop
vowels from words (such as converting very to "vry").
• Mistakes are often left uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (typos) such as "teh" instead
of the are left uncorrected or sometimes adopted to replace the correct spelling.
• Non-alphanumeric characters may be combined to form letters. For example, using slashes to
create "/\/\" can substitute for the letter M, and two pipes combined with a hyphen to form "|-|"
is often used in place of the letter H. Thus, the word ham could be written as "|-|4/\/\."
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QUESTIONS?
Sgt. Paul Aleman
Cyber Crimes Unit
(512) 936-7954
Paul.aleman@oag.state.tx.us