Posted on 01/20/2003 3:25:45 PM PST by HAL9000
Delmar Weapons Inspector in Hot Water(updated: January 20th, 5:50pm) The spotlight is back on former UN Weapons Inspector and Delmar native, Scott Ritter. But it's not over Iraq instead its over charges he talked with an underage girl on the Internet.
The Daily Gazette broke the story over the weekend. The paper says Ritter was arrested in June of 2001 after having a sexual conversation on the Internet with someone he "thought" was an underage girl. The girl turned out to be an undercover investigator.
Sources tell NEWS10 that Ritter contacted what he thought was a teenage girl on the internet for the purpose of a sexual interlude not once, but twice within a three month period back in 2001. Ritter also underwent court-ordered sex offender counseling from an Albany psychologist.
Where did you get the information that the baiter portrayed herself as a 16-year old?
In the Nanny-state, the Nannies hold the power.
If you had a sixteen year-old daughter with a beer belly and hairy chested cop physique....blah, blah, blah
They have only caught him in the act of something like "intent of indecent exposure in the presence of a minor," certainly not "intent to rape," or "intent to kidnap," or such. That doesn't mean perps don't intend to do something to the victim beyond flashing at them, it just means that the proof is only sufficient for the lesser charge. In one case duct tape and/or rope was found in the guy's car and that was used to open the possibility that he planned something more sinister, but even with that not much was done to him.
The charges are limited unless the perp is very explicit or unless the cops could use a real kid, which of course they can't. In the case of a 16 year old kid, a female cop who was naturally baby-faced could pass for a 16 year old and could enable the sting to go further, making clear to the perp she was 16, worrying theatrically about "being late" and "mom and dad finding out" and so as to raise the bar enough to insure the jury wouldn't think he was mistaken or under the impression she was older. But I don't know if that's the case here and I doubt it got that far.
X Offender (Harry/Valentine) I saw you standing on the corner, you looked so big and fine. I really wanted to go out with you, so when you smiled I laid my heart on the line. You read me my rights and then you said "Let's go" and nothing more. I thought of my nights, and how they were. They were filled with I know you wouldn't go. You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in. I had to know so I asked, you just had to laugh. We sat in the night with my hands cuffed at my side. I look at your life and your style I wanted nothing more. I know you wouldn't go. You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in. I had to know so I asked, you just had to laugh. Walking the line, you were a marksman. Told me that law, like wine, is ageless. Public defender You had to admit you wanted the love of a sex offender. I know you wouldn't go. You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in. I had to know so I asked, you just had to laugh. My vision in blue, I call you from inside my cell. And in the trial, you were there with your badge and rubber boots. I think all the time how I'm going to perpatrate love with you. And when I get out, there's no doubt I'll be sex offensive to you.
A slight exaggeration, I'd say. On at least the first fact.
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