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Pedophiles are out there and they're online By Michelle Dynes rep2@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Last year, six computers in the Cheyenne area were confiscated because of child pornography. "It is actually here in our area," Deputy Raymond Nelson of the Laramie County Sheriff's Department said. Nelson cited a recent case where a Cheyenne man was convicted Thursday of soliciting sex from a minor he met on the Internet. But that 12-year-old girl was actually an agent for the Division of Criminal Investigation. Nelson participated in an Internet safety presentation Monday to teach parents how to keep...

Seeking a piece of history An historic badge of one of Laramie County's most beloved sheriffs somehow ended up in England, and Deputy Raymond Nelson wants to get it back By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - He was one of the most popular officials ever in Laramie County, and when he was shot down two miles south of the Wyoming border 90 years ago, he was mourned as a "fearless and efficient" leader. But what might have been just a tidbit of Cowboy State trivia arrived in a Laramie County Sheriff deputy's e-mail inbox as...