A Disney Channel actor who was arrested Friday on suspicion of arranging to meet up with a 13-year-old he met on a dating app for sexual encounters has been dropped by the network, reports said.
Stoney Westmoreland, 48, faces four counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor and one count of enticing a minor by internet or test, all felonies, FOX 13 Salt Lake City reported.
Westmoreland began chatting with a person he believed to be 13-years-old on an app used for “dating and meeting people for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity,” according to a probable cause affidavit.
He allegedly sent the teen pornographic photos and asked the teen to engage in sexual activity and to send him nude photos, according to TMZ.
Salt Lake City police arrested the actor when he allegedly used a ride-sharing service to pick up the child, with the intention of taking him to his hotel room, the affidavit said.
It was widely reported that Huber didn’t testify on Capital Hill this week regarding the Clinton Foundation.
I noticed what he WAS talking about, FTA linked here,
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900046409/utahs-top-federal-cops-question-whether-child-sex-offender-treatment-works.html?fbclid=IwAR1xWV1DUmCrWShkamTWZBa89gn_M6J9eS_SbI2zqS7yGa6Sug1RXI2zVkY
“SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s top federal law enforcers question the effectiveness of treatment programs for child sex offenders.
“In our career and our experience, rehabilitation — although a laudable goal — is unrealistic in dealing with these types of offenders,” U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber said Thursday. “Stiff justice is an appropriate remedy, first and foremost, for keeping people safe.”
Huber and Eric Barnhart, FBI special-agent-in-charge in Salt Lake City, met with reporters Thursday to talk about current crime trends in the state. Huber called the proliferation of sex crimes involving children troubling.
Federal prosecutors filed 54 child exploitation cases involving possession, distribution and production of child pornography this year — 10 more than last year and 13 more than they year before.
“We cannot tolerate this. We should not tolerate any of this,” Huber said.
Some of the images are so “unimaginable,” including rape and sodomy of toddlers, that they can’t be talked about on television, he said.”
I asked myself, why did this article suddenly appear or whose idea was it? Hmmmm “Huber and Eric Barnhart, FBI special-agent-in-charge in Salt Lake City, met with reporters Thursday to talk about current crime trends in the state. Huber called the proliferation of sex crimes involving children troubling.”
What is the objective of voluntary media appearances? Control the narrative?