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General News Rimersburg man faces Internet predator charges
RIMERSBURG – A 27-year-old Rimersburg man has been
charged by the state attorney general office’s child predator unit relating to
the use of the Internet in an attempt to have improper relations with a minor. John R. Goodman Jr. is charged with two counts each of
unlawful contact with a minor and attempted unlawful contact with a minor, and
one count of criminal use of a communication facility, all third-degree
felonies. According to court documents, a female agent of the AG’s
child predator unit encountered Goodman in an Internet chat room allegedly known
to be used by child predators. The agent, posing as a 13-year-old girl, was contacted by a
person in the chat room using the name “shady16282008.” The user name and computer IP user was eventually traced to
Goodman’s home. Goodman allegedly said he was 27 years old and the agent
allegedly identified herself as being 13 years old and asked Goodman if the age
difference bothered him. Goodman allegedly said he was OK with age difference and
started a “mature sexual conversation” with the agent. Goodman allegedly asked for photographs of the agent and
she sent him a photograph of herself when she was 13. The photograph was
described as non-suggestive. Goodman alleged suggested the agent, posing as a
13-year-old girl, meet with him in his vehicle and asked for additional
photographs. Court documents list some of the conversations between
Goodman and the agent, which are too sexually explicit to publish here. At one point, Goodman allegedly set up an Internet cam and
performed a sexual act on himself, sending the image to the agent. Goodman’s
face allegedly was visible in a mirror in the room along with several tattoos
that allegedly match those on Goodman’s body. Goodman waived a preliminary hearing on the charges and was
released on $25,000 bail.
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