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Nineteen-year-old Codey R. Hawks of Parma, Ohio has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy after meeting him via Xbox online live.On January 15, according to Cleveland's NBC affiliate, Hawks allegedly traveled to the boy's residence in Michigan, staying there with him for some time. Having been arrested Monday and charged with rape and sexual imposition, Hawks is currently being held in the Cuyahoga County Jail.
While these allegations are still very much just that -- allegations -- this story is only the latest knot in a recent string of developments concerning teenagers, video games and violence. Despite a recent study concluding that violent games do not lead to violent behavior, the recent stories of the 'Halo 3' killer and the Xbox taco-slapper may suggest otherwise. [From: NewsNet5 via Alley Insider]
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Subscribe to commentspjchildsJan 28th 2009 4:50PM
"Hawks allegedly traveled to the boy's residence in Michigan, staying there with him for some time." Say what?!?! Where were the 12 year old kid's parents when all of this was going on? Who could be so clueless that they would let a strange 19 year old move into their home and have sex with their kid?
justthatJan 28th 2009 5:45PM
Sounds like a case of "i'll let your kid stay in my trailer, if you give me work."
concern parentJan 30th 2009 3:47PM
FIRST OF ALL WHY WOULD THIS KIDS PARENTS LET HIM HANG OUT WITH A 19 YEAR OLD SOMTHING WAS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE FROM THE BEGINNING
skadiwolfJan 29th 2009 12:08AM
Clearly this has more to do with something being wrong with the nineteen year old than anything to do with video games.
RyanJan 29th 2009 5:27AM
Yeah, because murder, rape and taco tossing never existed before the advent of video games. Or, quite possibly it was the advent of TV and video games becoming our children's babysitters and teachers in our (apathy) absence from parental responsibility. Nice try, Jack Thompson. The evils of humanity predate video games by several millenia... except for hurling Mexican food at your Mom. That's just not cool.
JohnJan 29th 2009 8:54AM
back in B.C. days the greeks would have young boys at their parties. I shouldn't have to go any further.
AngiebabyJan 29th 2009 8:59AM
This article is wrong to insinuate Xbox Live is somehow responsible for this debacle. Hawks was 19 and his victim was 12. This was the act of a child sexual predator who simply used Xbox Live as a medium to troll for a victim. The greatest burden for responsibility in this crime lies with the youngster's parents. As another poster stated, Hawks showed up to the kid's house and was staying with him. What kind of parents let a complete stranger their preteen met on the Internet stay at their house? And someone that much older playing with a 12-yr.-old??? If stupidity were a crime, these parents would be in deep, deep dodo.
Master ShakeJan 29th 2009 10:38AM
As if the technology was the problem. Give me a break! Children were picked up at public parks long before there was an Internet. The problem is that parents don't watch their own children, then look to blame something else as the problem.