Criminal or gullible? Underage sex.

AuthorSkenazy, Lenore
PositionCitings - Brief article

KYLE CROSS, 29,3 former police officer, met a young woman online. They chatted for two weeks--she told him she was 19, and that she was in college studying criminal justice--and then enjoyed a fantastic weekend of shopping, dining, and, eventually, sex.

Now Cross is facing two charges of third degree sexual abuse in his town of Dubuque, Iowa, because it turns out the girl was actually a runaway 14-year-old. After being notified by a friend that the person he thought was his new girlfriend was actually a missing juvenile, he immediately told police where they could find her. Three weeks later, investigators arrested Cross at his home. He posted bail and was released, but he has already lost his job as a money guard because he's not allowed to carry a gun while he awaits trial. And it's difficult to find new employment since he is presumed to be a sexual predator.

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