Oct 9, 2009 11:30 am US/Pacific
Dad Jailed For Propositioning Daughter on Facebook
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ―
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Under the name "Bad Daddy, authorities said John Forehand described graphic sex acts on Facebook and asked his daughter to meet him for a sexual rendezvous.
Pa. Attorney General
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Michael Quartucci
Pa. Attorney General
The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced the arrests of several internet predators, including a Philadelphia EMT and a father who propositioned his own daughter online, reports CBS station KYW-TV.
Attorney General Tom Corbett said 39-year-old John Forehand allegedly used Facebook to find and sexually proposition his biological daughter.
Under the name "Bad Daddy, authorities said Forehand described graphic sex acts and asked his daughter to meet him for a sexual rendezvous. The girl's mother contacted police, who set up an undercover operation with Pennsylvania's Child Predator Unity.
Forehand was taken into custody after arriving at a predetermined location on October 7. Investigators found a digital camera, tripod and unopened box of condoms in his vehicle.
Forehand facing charges of criminal attempted incest, unlawful contact with a minor and related offenses. He is being held on $750,000 bail.
Corbett also announced 27-year-old Michael Quartucci, an EMT from Philadelphia, is facing 16 counts of unlawful contact with a minor and other offenses after sending nude photos to undercover officers posing as young teens.
Quartucci allegedly believed he was talking with 13-year-olds from Norristown and Pittsburgh, but he was actually communicating with undercover agents.
Authorities said he sent 56 photos depicting nude women being restrained and tickled. He was arrested in Philadelphia on September 14 and is being held on $25,000 bail.
Three additional arrests were made recently, bring the total number of internet predators arrested this year to 60. Since the development of the Child Predator Unit in 2005, Attorney General Corbett said 241 internet predators have been arrested.
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