Police: Ky. man got Humble girl to send him nude photos
By ROSANNA RUIZ Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
March 14, 2009, 5:55PM
A Kentucky man is accused of persuading an 11-year-old Humble girl to send him nude photos of herself while the pair played video games online.
Anthony Scott OShea, 24, of Somerset, Ky., has been charged with promotion of child pornography, online solicitation of a minor and sexual performance of a child. He will soon be transferred to Houston, said Sgt. Gary Spurger of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constables Office. The girl sent the man photos over the course of several weeks as they played games online with their PlayStation 3 consoles in December, Spurger said.
She realized what she had done and felt bad about it and told her parents, said Spurger, who investigated the case and coordinated the mans arrest with Kentucky officials.
Online contact
The Precinct 4 Constables Office routinely investigates child pornography cases, but this is the first case Spurger said hes aware of where the online predator contacted a child through a game consoles online network.
This is another venue these guys are getting to use now that hasnt been seen before, Spurger said. Theyre on PlayStation or Xbox playing online games.
According to court documents, the girl performed for the man using a Web camera. She said she met OShea playing the game Warhawk and that he had used the screen name Thunder-kid.
During interviews with investigators, the girl said that the man kept pressuring her for more pictures and wanted to set up a meeting with her in order to engage in sexual activity, the court record states.
Sent him photos
The girl told the man that she was only 11, according to records.
Spurger subpoenaed information tied to the screen name, which led him to OShea in Kentucky.
On March 2, authorities searched OSheas home. He acknowledged that he had been in contact with the girl and that he had received her photos, officials said.
Authorities said they also discovered that OShea had distributed the girls photos to other people.
