Man Caught Blackmailing 14-Year-Old Girl On Facebook
James Dale Brown faces jail time for blackmailing a 14-year-old girl for pornography, using Facebook to contact her.
Another legal victory for Facebook: A man pled guilty to blackmailing a 14-year-old girl through contact initiated on the social network, in a case called the first of its kind to be prosecuted in Northern California.
James Dale Brown, a 27-year-old from Fremont, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and attempting to coerce the girl for additional child pornography via Facebook.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Brown admitted that he befriended the girl using a Facebook profile with a fake name, “Bob Lewis.”
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