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Feds Track Video Game System To Rescue VA Teen Taken Cross-Country By Online Predator Feds Track Video Game System To Rescue VA Teen Taken Cross-Country By Online Predator
Feds Track Video Game System To Rescue VA Teen Taken Cross-Country By Online Predator Federal authorities were able to use a video game system to track a Virginia teen that was solicited and targeted by an Arizona man who took a bus across the country to pick her up. Ethan Roberts, 28, of Tolleson, Arizona, pleaded guilty to the production of child sexual abuse material in Virginia following a lengthy investigation into his dealings with a girl who was 14 years old at the time of his discretions. According to prosecutors, Roberts met the Norfolk teen online in January 2022 and engaged in sexually explicit conversations with her for at least seven months, repeatedly badgering…

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by Zak Failla