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Man Targets 11 Year-Old Girl Using PS3/Camera

by Peter Mychalcewycz on March 18, 2009 at 02:15 PM


Think the worst your kids are exposed to in online gaming services like the Playstation Network is profanity? Think again.

It seems that even the console gaming world is not safe for children anymore. Our friends at Joystiq recently caught wind of a 24-year old Sommerset, Kentucky man who has been arrested and charged with three felonies after he allegedly convinced an 11-year-old girl in Houston, Texas to send him nude pictures of herself -- via an Internet-connected PlayStation 3. Anthony Scott O'Shea didn't own a computer, so he used the tools he had at his disposal: a PlayStation 3 (PS3) and its PlayStation Eye webcam.

Local authorities said O'Shea befriended the little girl over the online Playstation Network and then guilt-tripped her into taking the photos. Sgt. Gary Spurger of Harris County Precinct told Houston ABC station KTRK that by the time the girl's parents contacted authorities, O'Shea had already distributed the pictures via e-mail "across the country," O'Shea has been charged with online solicitation of a child, sexual performance of a child, and promotion of child pornography.

We're glad O'Shea enjoyed meeting friends on the Playstation Network, because, if he is convicted, he is going to have a ton of them in prison. [From: joystiq]

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Tags: crime, pedophilia, playstation 3, playstation network, Playstation3, playstationnetwork, predators, ps3, webcam

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