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chase123
Authorities in Texas on Wednesday charged a 42-year-old Houston woman with the online luring of a 16-year-old boy from Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Their unlikely tryst at a bed-and-breakfast in Ontario cottage country caused panic last week, when Andrew Kane went missing, and his mother reported to police that he had a crippling addiction to the online video game World of Warcraft, and exchanged explicit messages with a woman he met through it.
He had left his house in the middle of the night just before New Year's Eve, leaving a note declaring his love and intention to be with the woman, Lauri Price.
Ms. Price, a middle-school teacher and mother of four, had travelled to Canada last January in an effort to meet Mr. Kane, according to Harris County Assistant District Attorney Eric Devlin. She was later warned by his mother to leave him alone, but the correspondence continued, even as Mr. Kane's parents sent him to counselling and took away his computer.
It includes many hundreds of messages, in which they discussed all variety of sexual encounters, with Ms. Price using language that Mr. Devlin described as "flowery."
"I can't say it made me blush," he said. "But I can tell you it was on the upper end of sexual graphic-ness."
He described Mr. Kane as "somewhat naive" and Ms. Price - known as Liliana in the World of Warcraft game - as the "driving force" in the discussions.
"I won't say stalking, but she was very persistent," he said.
Mr. Kane is reported to have been a devoted player of World of Warcraft. The game, and others like it, have repeatedly come under criticism because young players can become completely absorbed in playing them. Most notably, 15-year-old Brandon Crisp died in 2008 after he ran away from home in Barrie when his parents confiscated his online gaming system. He was addicted to Call of Duty 4.
Mr. Kane, meanwhile, appears to have been a willing participant in the relationship with Ms. Price, according to the messages, Mr. Devlin said. "He loves her. He's madly in love, which is not uncommon in these kinds of cases," he said.
When she came to Canada this time, she rented a car to pick Mr. Kane up at his house, and after a police bulletin went out the next day, they were spotted by an off-duty police officer at an Orillia, Ont., guesthouse, and later arrested, Mr. Devlin said.
They had sexual contact, Mr. Devlin said, but because Mr. Kane has reached the age of consent in Canada, which is 16, police determined no crime had occurred.
In Texas, however, that age is 17, making Mr. Kane a minor, and so, acting on a tip from his mother and with the co-operation of Canadian authorities, Ms. Price was arrested on-board her return flight shortly after it landed in Houston around midnight Tuesday.
"She knew full well how old he was by the time the relationship started," Mr. Devlin said.
She is charged with two counts of online solicitation of a minor, and one count of enticing a minor to leave lawful custody, with the alleged intent to commit felony sexual assault.
She remained in custody last night, but is expected to be released on $20,000 bond, fitted with an ankle monitor, and prohibited from using the Internet or contacting any child.
She has been removed from her teaching post, Mr. Devlin said.
Texas authorities are investigating whether there are other alleged victims.
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Lucky bastard.......
Thoughts?
Post by
Mesoforte
/sigh
And this is a reason to not want WoW to come up on a background check. It associates you with weirdos.
Post by
260787
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Post by
Sinespe
The tone in which that is written is pretty ridiculous.
Post by
Katalliaan
Wait.. if they "did the deed" in Ontario, then wouldn't it be legal? If so, then why was the woman arrested for doing something that was legal where she was? If he's an adult in the law's eyes, then he has the right to make his own decisions, and shouldn't be hampered by his parents' fear of him being addicted to WoW. Both the article linked and the
corresponding article on WoW.com
also make no mention of whether she was married, simply that she was a mother of 4.
Granted, I live in the US, and don't know the specifics of Canadian laws or the relationship, so for all I know, the age of consent for him may not be the same as the age at which the government recognizes him as an adult.
Post by
KittyKat77
And here's another reason primarily adult guilds don't want minors.
IF adult-themed conversation or even mild humorously suggestive conversation is taking place in guild chat, while a minor is using the computer, and the parents freak out...
There are some states where it can be blown way out of proportion.
Why take the risk?
(This is to play devil's advocate. I don't care for suggestive conversations, and personally prefer my kids not be party to them at a young age anyhow, which is why their computer use is monitored).
Post by
Rufwon
A cougar in disguise!
Post by
Mesoforte
A cougar in disguise!
She was in cat form.
Post by
thetalmid
Wait.. if they "did the deed" in Ontario, then wouldn't it be legal? If so, then why was the woman arrested for doing something that was legal where she was? If he's an adult in the law's eyes, then he has the right to make his own decisions, and shouldn't be hampered by his parents' fear of him being addicted to WoW. Both the article linked and the
corresponding article on WoW.com
also make no mention of whether she was married, simply that she was a mother of 4.
Granted, I live in the US, and don't know the specifics of Canadian laws or the relationship, so for all I know, the age of consent for him may not be the same as the age at which the government recognizes him as an adult.
The US has these strange laws that let them arrest you if you leave the country to commit an act that is considered illegal here.
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Post by
KDTank
Iunno how lucky he is. It depends on how attractive the woman was.
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500456
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Post by
Rufwon
If her son had a "crippling addiction" to a video game, why didn't his mom unplug the &*!@ing computer?
He must of been a rogue!
Post by
Basylle
Wait.. if they "did the deed" in Ontario, then wouldn't it be legal? If so, then why was the woman arrested for doing something that was legal where she was?
She is charged with two counts of online solicitation of a minor, and one count of enticing a minor to leave lawful custody, with the alleged intent to commit felony sexual assault.
While she was in the US, she committed solicitation of a minor (under 18 in the US.) Her actions in Canada may have been legal there, but what she did while in the US prior to leaving were not. Had she stayed in Canada, she would have been fine unless the US had requested and been granted extradition. (Mostly likely they would have and it would have been granted.)
(My code included 'qq'. I lol'ed.)
Post by
Lathe
Epic Cougar mount!
...Too soon?
Post by
Monday
I hate articles like this. How many people do you think are lured every day thorugh MySpace, Facebook, etc. Except nobody pays any attention to those, just to things concerning WoW. Imo its because everybody (
pretty much
) has a facebook, myspace while only "nerds" play WoW.
Post by
EpicDragon
I hate articles like this. How many people do you think are lured every day thorugh MySpace, Facebook, etc. Except nobody pays any attention to those, just to things concerning WoW. Imo its because everybody (
pretty much
) has a facebook, myspace while only "nerds" play WoW.
This.
Post by
Rufwon
I hate articles like this. How many people do you think are lured every day thorugh MySpace, Facebook, etc. Except nobody pays any attention to those, just to things concerning WoW. Imo its because everybody (
pretty much
) has a facebook, myspace while only "nerds" play WoW.
/agreed
They could of just said a very popular MMORPG game but instead they decided to quote "World of Warcraft" since its such a huge game right now. The news media will do anything for attention...
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