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RAPID CITY, S.D. - Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced Burton Dave Chief, Jr., a 35-year-old Rapid City man, to 11 years in federal prison for Attempted Enticement of

Predators are targeting teen boys, asking for nude photos and then demanding money to keep the pictures private. Some of the cases have tragic endings.

Bit of tunnel vision in the case. >> laura: so, in other words, if they had seen them at a bar or concert and something had been said or happened, this person just didnt like the way they looked or carry themselves, that could count as targeted, correct? >> correct. and these four had a very, very active social media presence. i mean, they were posting quite a bit of information about themselves. they wanted to be noticed. they wanted to draw attention. and im not saying it was their fault or th...

Despite his claims of innocence, officials say James Bowen faces charges for showing up at a Deltona gas station following sexually charged chats and texts with...

Extreme to get that kind of attention, and it was completely negative. i just wanted other parents to be aware of how serious the internet predators really are. these are our children. we need to pay more attention, myself included. >> so some critics have said, you know, we do need to pay more attention. you should have known she had an account. and its incumbent upon you as a parent to know that and why publicly shame her in this way as a result? what do you say to them? >> i say to them that ...

Hi, how are you? >> this is the third time weve set up an undercover house in california. for the long beach police, its a big operation. sergeant lee debraybander is in charge. >> just playing this alone was a huge event. we had surveillance all over the place in undercover vehicles. we have the arrest team in place. we had in excess of 25 officers on this at any given time. >> and its challenging for us as well as more potential predators become aware of our investigations. look at this postin...

>> hes 37-year-old william, a service tech for coin operated machines. also known as baron, hes talking to a decoy named sassy little lady. he tells the girl, you know that i really want to make love to you. i want to hold you close to me. the decoy says, i want that, too. later, using a different screen name, wolf night 30, he says hes worried because of the "dateline" shows of late. the decoy responding like a 13-year-old said, whats "dateline"? she pretends not to know about the show to see i...

>> come on in. im just finishing getting ready. >> you didnt have to take a shower. >> well -- >> hes 37-year-old william, a service tech for coin operated machines. also known as baron, hes talking to a decoy named sassy little lady. he tells the girl, you know that i really want to make love to you. i want to hold you close to me. the decoy says, i want that, too. later, using a different screen name, wolf night 30, he says hes worried because of the "dateline" shows of late. the decoy respond...

With citibank popmoy. easier banking. every step of the way. hi, how are you? >> this is the third time weve set up an undercover house in california. for the long beach police, its a big operation. sergeant lee debraybander is in charge. >> just playing this alone was a huge event. we had surveillance all over the place in undercover vehicles. we have the arrest team in place. we had in excess of 25 officers on this at any given time. >> and its challenging for us as well as more potential pr...

Sergeant stapleton says he realized that the actions of the predators had had far-reaching consequences. >> there were spouses and children, devastated when they learned of this development. and their lives were upside down. >> so it is not just these guys out there, it is collateral damage in these cases. there are a lot of people affected in a sad way. >> you made it. >> and there are many more men about to turn the lives and the lives of their families upside down. so far we have introduced y...