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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children launches new site called NetSmartz 411

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children launches new site called NetSmartz 411
by Nick Bari, Community Watch

In a continued effort to broaden internet safety and education, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children  has launched a new site called NetSmartz 411. This site is a new online resource for answering questions about Internet safety, computers, and the Web for parents. 

One can search the knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world!

Examples of questions and answers in the NetSmartz 411 knowledgebase include:

What is an IP address?
What is the best Internet monitoring software?
What is a buddy list?
What is MySpace?
What is Xanga?
What is AIM?
What should I do if I think my child is talking to a predator online?

If you can't find what you're looking for, use the "Ask the Experts" tab to send a new question. Your questions will be answered by professionals who know a lot about Internet safety – the real-life analysts at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. They handle daily reports about the online exploitation of children, and know steps you can take to keep the children and teens in your life safer online.

NetSmartz411 is provided at no cost to the public by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This service is made possible by generous donations from the Qwest Foundation. We look forward to reading your questions and comments about the site.

Community Watch comments:
Great new site - be sure and visit soon - lots of great information and assistance.

Oprah's Child Predator Watch List: Grant Lavelle Hudson, III

Grant Lavelle Hudson, III

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

Aliases:      David Aryeh, David Ben Aryeh, David B. Aryeh, Aryeh David Ben, Aryeh D. Ben, David Benaryeh, Grant L. Hudson, Grant Hudson

DESCRIPTION
Date of Birth Used:      September 27, 1946    
Hair:     Brown / Gray
Place of Birth:     Colorado    
Eyes:     Blue
Height:     6'1"    
Sex:     Male
Weight:     175 to 210 pounds    
Race:     White
NCIC:     W250486229    
Nationality:     American
Occupations:     Plumber and Electrician
Scars and Marks:     None known

Remarks:     Hudson has been known to travel to Europe, the Middle East, and Israel, and has ties to Colorado and New York. He has been known to wear a goatee and/or beard.

CAUTION

Grant Lavelle Hudson, III, a convicted sex offender, is currently wanted in Santa Rosa, California, on a felony arrest warrant issued on October 28, 2003. Grant is charged with nine counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen years of age, two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child who was 14/15 years old, and two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen years of age by the use of force, violence, duress, menace, and threat of bodily harm.

These charges stem from Hudson's alleged sexual molestation of a young female family member which occurred over a period of approximately eight years. Hudson has also been charged with failure to register as a sex offender. A federal arrest warrant charging Hudson with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued on March 31, 2006, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco, California.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE  OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

"I plan to work with law enforcement officials, and if they tell me that one of you turned in one of these fugitives that we are exposing today, and that information leads to the capture and arrest of one of these men, I will personally give a $100,000 cash reward."

—Oprah

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Sex Predator allowed to attend Church? Would you sit next to him with your kids?

Sex Offender causes stir at Lutheran Church

RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Lutheran congregation is grappling with how to deal with a convicted sex offender who says his church attendance is an important step toward rehabilitation.
Sun, Mar. 04, 2007 Posted: 11:51:13 AM  EST

A Lutheran congregation is grappling with how to deal with a convicted sex offender who says his church attendance is an important step toward rehabilitation.

Clergy and members at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd say they're in a quandary over how to protect their children while following in Christ's footsteps and welcoming a stranger.

"Clearly, we are called to love," said the Rev. Rebecca Schlatter, associate pastor. "But is it safe to love this particular person up close?"

The church has offered a covenant of 17 conditions to Calvin Brugge, who says he will sign it. Among other restrictions, he can only attend the 7:30 a.m. Sunday service, and he's barred from using the restroom or attending church-sponsored functions that include children.

Plans call for a support team to meet with him regularly and an accountability team to observe him while he's on church property.

"I have enjoyed church community before, and I feel that it's been something that has been lacking in my life, something that I grieve that I don't have in my life," Brugge said. He began attending church services in December.

"My only saving grace is to be open, honest and ask for assistance," he added.

Brugge, 60, is on parole for five more months after serving eight months in a California prison for violating his parole in 2005.

He was convicted in California in 1989 and 1997 for sex offenses involving children, according to the state's sex offender registry. Brugge has been identified as a tier three sex offender who poses a high risk of recidivism and threat to public safety.

Mary Carlson, a single mother of an 8-year-old girl, has fears despite the covenant. "He is a pedophile, and this pedophile might be fantasizing about this little girl across the aisle," she said.

Community Watch comments:

Mary Carlson is right - "He is a pedophile, and this pedophile might be fantasizing about this little girl across the aisle,".  Brugge is probably trying to find his next victim and it's not about watching him on church property - who is watching him after church?

Nevada definition for a Tier 3 Sex Offender:

Tier 3 (High risk)

A convicted sex offender who is assessed as posing a substantial risk of recidivism and threat to public safety. Requires notification to law enforcement, organizations in the community, including schools, religious and youth organizations, prosecutors and courts and general community notification.