[FYI] Authorities use mobile lab in cybercrime bust
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Authorities use mobile lab in cybercrime bust
By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press
HOUSTON ? Texas authorities have gone mobile in their battle against
Internet surfers using chat rooms to set up illegal sexual liaisons with
underage girls.
Seven men were indicted Wednesday after authorities using a new van equipped
with high-speed wireless satellite computer devices, arrested them in
Huntsville for arranging to have sex with what they thought were 13- or
14-year-old girls they contacted online. The underage girls really were
state investigators.
"This was the rollout of this new mobile lab," Attorney General Greg Abbott
said at a Houston news conference. "Now we have the tools, technology and
ability to go anywhere in the state of Texas."
The mobile operation, believed to be the first in the nation, is paid with a
grant from the governor's office.
"In many of our rural areas, they lack the infrastructure we need to support
this kind of investigation," David Boatright, chief of the criminal
investigative division of the attorney general's office, said. "So we now
have the technology and ability to bring it with us. It's self-contained and
we're ready to go."
Charges against the seven indicted Wednesday ranged from attempted sexual
assault of a minor to attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child. All
are felonies.
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