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Detectives from the sheriff’s High-Tech Crimes Unit have arrested two men suspected of talking online with what they thought were underage girls.
The “girls” were Douglas County, Denver and Fort Lupton investigators.
Kenneth Goldman, 41, of Chicago, was arrested and extradited to Colorado Jan. 28. His online chats began in October 2008 and continued through January, with what he believed to be an underage girl.
“We have jurisdiction since he was communicating with our detectives here,” Deputy Cocha Heyden said. “He technically commits the crime both places [also in Chicago] but we are the jurisdiction he was talking to.”
Investigators said Goldman engaged in “highly sexual” conversations and shared obscene material with what he thought was an underage girl.
He faces charges of two counts of Internet sexual exploitation of a child and six counts of promotion of obscenity to a minor, all felonies.
Police also discovered Goldman was chatting online with Denver Police Department detectives who posed as underage girls.
Kevin Taft, 39, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on similar charges Feb. 6, after he began his online chats with an “underage girl” in October 2008. The chats became sexual in nature and continued through the end of the year.
Through the investigation, police determined that Taft also talked online with “underaged females” who turned out to be detectives in Fort Lupton.
Goldman was released from Douglas County jail after posting a $25,000 bond in the county case and a $50,000 bond in the Denver case.
He is scheduled to appear in Douglas County Court April 23 for a preliminary hearing.
After a warrant was obtained on Taft, he was taken into custody in Colorado Springs and transferred to Douglas County jail.
Taft faces charges in Douglas County of three counts of Internet sexual exploitation of a child and six counts of promotion of obscenity to a minor, all felonies.
The charges Taft faces in Fort Lupton are Internet sexual exploitation of a child and promotion of obscenity to a minor, also felony charges.
Taft is in the Douglas County jail on a $100,000 bond. His next court appearance is Feb. 13.
“I am very proud of the work that my detectives have been doing,” said Douglas County Sheriff Dave Weaver. “This tenacity shows that they are steadfast in the goal of making sure our youth are protected from online predators.”
Sting
The “girls” were Douglas County, Denver and Fort Lupton investigators.
Kenneth Goldman, 41, of Chicago, was arrested and extradited to Colorado Jan. 28. His online chats began in October 2008 and continued through January, with what he believed to be an underage girl.
“We have jurisdiction since he was communicating with our detectives here,” Deputy Cocha Heyden said. “He technically commits the crime both places [also in Chicago] but we are the jurisdiction he was talking to.”
Investigators said Goldman engaged in “highly sexual” conversations and shared obscene material with what he thought was an underage girl.
He faces charges of two counts of Internet sexual exploitation of a child and six counts of promotion of obscenity to a minor, all felonies.
Police also discovered Goldman was chatting online with Denver Police Department detectives who posed as underage girls.
Kevin Taft, 39, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on similar charges Feb. 6, after he began his online chats with an “underage girl” in October 2008. The chats became sexual in nature and continued through the end of the year.
Through the investigation, police determined that Taft also talked online with “underaged females” who turned out to be detectives in Fort Lupton.
Goldman was released from Douglas County jail after posting a $25,000 bond in the county case and a $50,000 bond in the Denver case.
He is scheduled to appear in Douglas County Court April 23 for a preliminary hearing.
After a warrant was obtained on Taft, he was taken into custody in Colorado Springs and transferred to Douglas County jail.
Taft faces charges in Douglas County of three counts of Internet sexual exploitation of a child and six counts of promotion of obscenity to a minor, all felonies.
The charges Taft faces in Fort Lupton are Internet sexual exploitation of a child and promotion of obscenity to a minor, also felony charges.
Taft is in the Douglas County jail on a $100,000 bond. His next court appearance is Feb. 13.
“I am very proud of the work that my detectives have been doing,” said Douglas County Sheriff Dave Weaver. “This tenacity shows that they are steadfast in the goal of making sure our youth are protected from online predators.”
Sting
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