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Cops: Teen boys pretend to be girl on MySpace, help catch teacher looking for date
Bay City News Service ^ | 11/24/2008

Posted on 11/24/2008 6:18:54 PM PST by CE2949BB

A Petaluma high school teacher was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly setting up an illicit date with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl, police and prosecutors said.

Scott Eugene Dietlin, 34, a teacher at Casa Grande High School, was arrested in San Mateo on Saturday after allegedly showing up for a date with "Jackie," a teenage persona created on MySpace by two teen boys, San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

The 15-year-old San Mateo County boys posted the online profile as a joke, Wagstaffe said. When Dietlin allegedly contacted "Jackie" in April, the boys initially played along, he said.

"They were playing a joke with their friends and suddenly they've got a sexual predator," Wagstaffe said.

Over time, the communication included sexually explicit e-mails and text messages, police said. At one point, Dietlin allegedly sent "Jackie" a naked photo of himself, Wagstaffe said.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: burlingame; education; idiot; internet; myspace; petaluma; publicschools; sanmateo; school; sex; sfbayarea; teacher

1 posted on 11/24/2008 6:18:54 PM PST by CE2949BB
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To: CE2949BB
At one point, Dietlin allegedly sent "Jackie" a naked photo of himself, Wagstaffe said.

That always seems to be the point where it gets weird.

2 posted on 11/24/2008 6:21:27 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: CE2949BB

I guess someone never watched “To Catch a Predator.”


3 posted on 11/24/2008 6:21:50 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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4 posted on 11/24/2008 6:27:07 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: CE2949BB

Way to go kid!


5 posted on 11/24/2008 6:31:47 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: CE2949BB

The Internet: where men are men, the women are men, and underage girls are undercover cops.


6 posted on 11/24/2008 6:31:51 PM PST by Loyalist (It is my privilege to extend a laurel and hardy handshake to our new...president.)
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To: randomhero97

Is that the perp?


7 posted on 11/24/2008 6:32:24 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: TribalPrincess2U
LOL!

No, that's Chris Hanson host of To Catch a Predator.
8 posted on 11/24/2008 6:34:15 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: CE2949BB
Earlier story (via FR thread) on the same arrest:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2137267/posts?page=1

9 posted on 11/24/2008 6:36:24 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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That always seems to be the point where it gets weird.

It's getting to the point where it's safer to send a naked photo of yourself to complete strangers.

10 posted on 11/24/2008 6:38:17 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Owl_Eagle
At one point, Dietlin allegedly sent "Jackie" a naked photo of himself, Wagstaffe said.

This thread is useless without pictures.

j/k

11 posted on 11/24/2008 6:39:03 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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To: randomhero97

Oh, I didn’t recognize him. Thanks

That is funny.


12 posted on 11/24/2008 6:49:16 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Owl_Eagle

LOL!!!


13 posted on 11/24/2008 6:52:17 PM PST by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: CE2949BB

The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and 15-year-old girls are FBI men.

-ccm


14 posted on 11/24/2008 7:32:55 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: CE2949BB

Haven’t these fools seen enough cop shows to know that these are ALWAYS a setup?


15 posted on 11/24/2008 7:45:15 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is the Antichrist.)
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To: CE2949BB
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"
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16 posted on 11/24/2008 8:37:17 PM PST by mkjessup (Congratulations to the 0bama family, movin' on up to subsidized government housing!)
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Ironic. From Casa Grande to the BIG HOUSE is where teach is going!


17 posted on 11/24/2008 8:53:18 PM PST by William_The _Mechanic
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