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Wednesday 24 January 2018

Maryland: California man, 57,

Teen sentenced for threatening schools in 5 states gets life for buying

Filipino children
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — High School in Indiana. He insisted on that because the Indiana call, the teen
A juvenile from Maryland must also pay a $10,000 we understand the effect claimed he was inside the SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)
who made more than a fine and will be supervised this had and the terror this school with a gun and ex- — A California man was
dozen hoax calls to schools by Maryland authorities caused to the community.” plosives, and also demand- sentenced to life in federal
in five states has been sen- until he turns 21, the (Terre Modesitt said Monday that ed ransom money. The prison Tuesday for buy-
tenced to serve two years Haute) Tribune-Star report- the plea agreement also school’s 1,800 students and ing Filipino children for sex
in a detention center. ed . “He got a very serious resolves 12 similar hoax calls their teachers were told to and pornography in what
The teen was charged with sentence,” Vigo County the youth made to schools shelter in classrooms while prosecutors called one of
making the hoax call in April Prosecutor Terry Modes- in Colorado, Vermont, Mis- about 50 police officers en- most “lurid, willful, and dis-
2017 to Terre Haute North itt said of the youth. “We souri and Maryland. During tered the school.q turbing” child exploitation
cases in the nation.U.S. Dis-
2 arrested for cyberbullying before girl's suicide trict Judge John Mendez
said he was sickened by
the crimes committed by
Michael Carey Clemans,
By JASON DEAREN 57, of Sacramento.
Associated Press Prosecutors say he gave
Two 12-year-olds in Florida detailed instructions on
were arrested for cyberbul- how young girls should
lying in connection with the be posed, how their hair
death of a middle-school should be cut, whether
student who police say they should wear makeup
hanged herself two weeks or have their bodies oiled.
ago. “His true plan was to find
The circumstances around young girls, virgins, and
the death of 12-year-old then go have sex with
Gabriella Green on Jan. 10 them,” Assistant U.S. At-
led to the arrests of the two torney Andre Espinosa
Surfside Middle School stu- said. “A 57-year-old man
dents, Panama City Beach doesn’t have sex with a
officials said in a news re- 7-year-old girl — he rapes
lease Monday. her.”
Police did not release the The sentence came after
names of the two children defense attorney Daniel
who were arrested be- Olmos argued that the
cause they are minors. judge should consider
Investigators were made Clemans’ cooperation in
aware of the potential cy- helping authorities catch
berbullying against the his co-conspirators.
girl while looking into the But Mendez agreed with
death, which led them This undated selfie made available by Tanya Green shows her with her daughter Gabriella prosecutors, saying the
to examine several cell- Green. Gabriella, 12, of Panama City Beach, Fla., killed herself on Jan. 10, 2018. Two 12-year- “unthinkable, inexcusable”
phones and social media olds have been charged with cyberstalking in connection with Gabriella's death. crimes outweighed the as-
(Tanya Green via AP)
accounts, the news release sistance.
said. “(He) responded by saying ing up to it. children say they are cy- “He has taken away the
They interviewed two sus- something to the effect of, School officials said they berbullied, and about 12 childhood of those vic-
pects with their parents’ ‘If you’re going to do it, just are making counselors percent say they have bul- tims,” Mendez said.
permission, and say both do it,’ and ended the call,” available at Surfside for stu- lied others online, accord- Clemans was an Army vet-
confessed to cyberbully- police wrote. “He immedi- dents, faculty and staff. ing to Sameer Hinduja, a eran with no criminal re-
ing. ately regretted that state- “We continue to mourn criminology professor at cord who lived in Bangkok
A police report states that ment, and began calling the loss of Gabbie and our Florida Atlantic University for two years while working
one of the suspects told an and text-messaging her, hearts go out to her family, and co-director of the Cy- as a pilot for a small airline.
investigator that she had but did not receive a re- her friends and to everyone berbullying Research Cen- He later returned to Sac-
started rumors about Green sponse.” at Surfside Middle School,” ter . He said his most recent ramento and lived with
in person, and online. Police said the suspects did Superintendent William study of more than 5,000 his mother while traveling
“Her actions consisted of not notify any adult or au- Husfelt said in a statement. children ages 12-17 in the to the Philippines several
starting rumors of the victim thority about Green’s state “This is an absolutely tragic U.S. shows that real-world times.
having sexually transmit- of mind. The two children situation.” bullying is still vastly more Authorities say Clemans
ted diseases, vulgar name- arrested also acknowl- Police said that during the common than online bul- began conspiring with a
calling ... and threats to edged that their conduct investigation, they discov- lying, and that fewer than woman in the Philippines in
‘expose’ personal and sen- was directed at Green ered several middle-school 1 percent of cyberbullying 2014 to produce child por-
sitive details of the victim’s “knowing that said con- children with unrestricted cases involve suicide. nography and obtain girls.
life,” the police report said. duct would result in emo- and unmonitored ac- “In many suicide cases He sent the woman, Lyan
The other suspect, a boy, tional distress.” cess to social media apps, the victims were also deal- Tandeg, nearly $6,000 for
told police he video-chat- Even so, police said the and said the department ing with atypical stressors, equipment she used to
ted with Green after she investigation did not re- will hold a training in the like family issues at home, photograph naked chil-
told him she had attempt- veal that the cyberbullying coming weeks for parents or they were clinically de- dren so he could decide
ed to hang herself and had caused the girl’s death, just about how to manage this pressed,” Hinduja said. which ones he would rape
marks on her neck, accord- that it was happening in access. “Many kids are bullied and when he traveled to the
ing to the report. the days and weeks lead- Nationally, about 1-in-3 don’t take their lives.”.q country, authorities said.q