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Monday, May 15, 2006
Ind. Law - Federal prosecutor of internet crimes against children featured
The Munster (NW Indiana) Times today, in a story by Lauri Harvey Keagle, features assistant U.S. attorney Phil Benson. Some quotes:
Benson is an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana assigned to the Hammond federal courthouse and has built a reputation as being a tough prosecutor when it comes to Internet crimes against children."This is the most important area law enforcement needs to look at," Benson said.
Nationally, predators have emerged as an emergency room doctor, a rabbi, a drill sergeant and recently, a national security adviser.
One such case involved Glenn Martikean, 49, of Portage. The former janitor at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville traveled to Russia as part of an international child pornography ring. He was charged in 2001 along with three other people in the United States and five in Russia for his involvement with Blue Orchid, a Moscow-based Web site that sold and distributed pornographic videos involving children internationally.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 15, 2006 07:24 AM
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