{"id":4932,"date":"2020-01-23T07:44:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2020-01-23T07:44:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:44:45","slug":"man-in-court-over-alleged-online-grooming-strike-force-trawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/01\/23\/man-in-court-over-alleged-online-grooming-strike-force-trawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in court over alleged online grooming – Strike Force Trawler"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man will appear in court today charged over the alleged online grooming of a child in the state\u2019s Hunter region.
\nIn December 2019, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad\u2019s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging online with a man in the state\u2019s north.
\nPolice will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with a 14-year-old girl and engaged in conversations about sexually-explicit acts he wished to perform on the child.
\nFollowing extensive investigations, strike force detectives arrested a 23-year-old man at a home near Newcastle about 9.30am yesterday (Wednesday 22 January 2020).
\nShortly after, a search warrant was executed at the home, where detectives seized a mobile phone and documents.
\nThe man was taken to Waratah Police Station and charged with use carriage service to groom person under 16 years for sex.
\nHe was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today (Thursday 23 January 2020).
\nChild Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad Commander, Detective Acting Superintendent Chris Goddard, said all parents need to speak with their children regularly about online safety.
\n\u201cWith school holidays about to end, it\u2019s a timely reminder to keep an eye on how much time your child is spending on the internet, what websites they are visiting, and who they may be speaking with,\u201d Det A\/Supt Goddard said.
\n\u201cNot only should young people be very careful about providing personal information details to a person they only know in an online environment, they should never organise to meet as doing so may place them at further risk of harm.
\n\u201cIf they encounter something or someone they are not comfortable with, we encourage them to speak to someone they trust, who can then let our investigators know,\u201d Det A\/Supt Goddard said.
\nMore information and educational packages for parents and children are available from ThinkUKnow, a multi-agency program designed to educate and promote cyber safety: https:\/\/www.thinkuknow.org.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man will appear in court today charged over the alleged online grooming of a child in the state\u2019s Hunter region. In December 2019, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad\u2019s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging online with a man in the state\u2019s north. Police will allege in court that the … Continue reading “Man in court over alleged online grooming – Strike Force Trawler”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}