Philadelphia, PA

James George Stone, a middle aged man, married, and a father of two from Northern Philadelphia. But when he entered internet chatrooms on several occasions during the past year he said he was an eighteen year old boy from the United States of America.

That’s not the worst part though, law-enforcement officials said that Stone sexually propositioned someone that he thought was a twelve year old girl, sending her long webcam videos of him masturbating and asking if she wanted to meet him at the mall.

The “girl” that Stone ended up talking to was an undercover agent from the state attorney general’s Child Predator Unit.

Agent’s arrested Stone, 44 years old, at his home on Lynford Street near Magee Avenue on Thursday and charged him with seven counts of unlawful contact with a minor and one count of criminal use of a computer, the attorney general’s office said in statement.

Stone is being held in the Montgomery County Prison on $100,000 bail. Stone could face up to seven years in prison and $15,000 in fines.

Stone’s daughters whom are eleven and thirteen years old, had contact with the agent nine times since last September.

How do you know if someone is a sex predator?

Predators establish contact with kids through conversations in chat rooms, instant messaging, e-mail, or discussion boards. Many teens use peer support online forums to deal with their problems. Predators often go to these online areas to look for vulnerable victims.

Online predators try to gradually seduce their targets through attention, affection, kindness, and even gifts, and often devote considerable time, money, and energy to this effort. They’re aware of the latest music and hobbies likely to interest kids.

They listen to and sympathize with kids’ problems. They also try to ease young people’s inhibitions by gradually introducing sexual content into their conversations or by showing them sexually explicit material.

Some predators work faster than others, engaging in sexually explicit conversations immediately. This more direct approach may include harassment or stalking. Predators may also evaluate the kids they meet online for future face-to-face contact.