Miss America in sex sting

[Immortalfire]

http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/shared-gen/ap/TV/Undercover_Beauty.html

OKLAHOMA CITY — Miss America can add crime fighter to her resume. Lauren Nelson recently went undercover with police in New York for a sting targeting sexual predators. Officers with Suffolk County's computer crimes unit created an online profile of a 14-year-old girl that included photographs of Nelson as a teenager.

"I got to chat online with the predators and made phone calls, too," Nelson said by phone from Atlantic City, N.J. "The Suffolk County Police Department was there the whole time."

At least four men were arrested and face charges, said Avery Mann, a spokesman for the show. Another six men agreed to meet Nelson, of Lawton, Okla., he said.

Nelson, 20, posed as a young teen online and went into chat rooms, where she said men would begin sending her instant messages asking her how old she was and where she lived.

"I would say I'm a 14-year-old female from Long Island. Sometimes they would say, 'You're too young, sorry,' which is exactly what needs to happen, but some would continue chatting.

"It would only take a matter of time before it got pretty explicit."

Nelson then arranged to meet the men at a home in Long Island, where police and camera crews were waiting.

"The story was that they knew I was 14, and I told them I was cutting school to meet with them," Nelson said. "I stood outside on the porch, and I would say, 'Hi' to them and wave them inside."

Once she entered the home with the suspect, Nelson said, she left the room, and police and "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh confronted the suspect.

"That part was very scary, but the police were all over the place," Nelson said. "I was nervous, of course, but it was a very controlled environment, very safe."

Art McMaster, president and CEO of the Miss America Organization, said he initially was hesitant about Nelson participating in the sting, but agreed after speaking with Nelson's father and the producers of "America's Most Wanted."

"We came to the agreement that as long as she was safe and wanted to do this, we'd be behind her," McMaster said.

Nelson, whose platform issue is Internet safety for children, said she was eager to participate.

Interesting.

 

[DorkyFresh]

here are several pictures of her. she's definitely a cutie...

http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/apps/flipbook/index.jhtml?flipbookid=1544154

...i don't know how much good these stings are doing. it seems like no matter how much attention or coverage these stings get on tv or on the news there will always be pedophiles. i'm glad they're stopping these guys from doing what they're doing but is it really making a difference?

 

[Immortalfire]

If even one of them things is taken out, I do believe it's worth it.

 

[Mee]

They don't get that she's not 14 when they see her on the porch?


I mean, it's good they don't though.

 

[Kyalesyin]

They probably have to dress her up a fair bit to make her look 14... but its good that she's doing this. Might discourage some of them from trying to meet kids.

 

[Superman79]

oh I thought the name of this thread was Miss America in a sex SWING...

I was hoping for pics... HAHA

 

[bulok]

 

[mightiest_mortal]

The Largest cause of paedophilia in the world today....




hot children

 

[WTFimVENOM]

holy **** I think this happened like 15 mins away from me, good job suffolk county police Beat down those sick bastards

 

[Immortalfire]

The Largest cause of paedophilia in the world today....




hot children

Not funny, sicko.

 

[Halcohol]

Not funny, sicko.

I laughed.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

This wasn't on Dateline?

 

[BrklynsVeryOwn]

Not funny, sicko.

It was pretty chuckle-worthy.