Article: Nassau cybersex sting nets 21 arrests.

Article: Cops: Nassau sex sting nabbed wide range of predators.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 7, 2007 ;     613 words ......the sting. The operation included a sting house in Merrick, where six of the men traveled...were no signs of life at the two-story sting house on Aster Avenue. Rice said only that...happened if they were on their way to the sting house and they see a kid outside playing in...

Article: Views are mixed on 'Dateline' sting: Murphy: Residents speak out on city's efforts with TV show, group to nab sexual predators.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  November 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Rolling Ridge subdivision, where the sting house was set up, said they were furious that...support locking up pedophiles but that a sting house is unnecessary. Under Texas law, people...conviction if an offender showed up at a sting house. I'm proud of Murphy that they did that...

Article: 160 HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS CAUGHT IN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S OPERATION SPRING STING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......reported today on the outcomes of a "sting house" operation in Ridgefield designed to...of Consumer Protection's four-month Sting House operation were from Connecticut towns...giving them any money." The Ridgefield sting house was also used in a joint enforcement...

Article: Connecticut runs Sting House. (News+Notes).
Remodeling;  May 1, 2002 ;     142 words ......21 contractors last year for violating the state's Home Improvement Act with the help of a multi-agency operation known as Sting House 2001. Targeting individuals based on their complaint history and by cross-checking advertisements for home improvement work...

Article: Piedmont doctor to face attempted molestation charge
Oakland Tribune;  October 16, 2007 ;     689 words ......He drove 40 miles north to a Petaluma sting house on Aug. 26, 2006, and became one of...bullying him to meet ``her'' at a Petaluma sting house after he ditched an earlier meeting...wouldn't let it go.'' Driving to the sting house, Berk added, did not amount to a crime...

Article: Judge orders doctor to trial in sex-sting case
Oakland Tribune;  October 17, 2007 ;     684 words ......He drove 40 miles north to a Petaluma sting house on Aug. 26, 2006, and became one of...bullying him to meet "her" at a Petaluma sting house after he ditched an earlier meeting...wouldn't let it go." Driving to the sting house, Berk added, did not amount to a crime...

Article: Suspected molester will stand in trial
Oakland Tribune;  October 17, 2007 ;     681 words ......He drove 40 miles north to a Petaluma sting house Aug. 26, 2006, and became one of 29...bullying him to meet "her" at a Petaluma sting house after he ditched an earlier meeting...wouldn't let it go." Driving to the sting house, Berk added, did not amount to a crime...

Article: Judge orders oncologist to stand trial
Oakland Tribune;  October 18, 2007 ;     683 words ......He drove 40 miles north to a Petaluma sting house on Aug. 26, 2006, and became one of...bullying him to meet "her" at a Petaluma sting house after he ditched an earlier meeting...wouldn't let it go." Driving to the sting house, Berk added, did not amount to a crime...

Article: Judge orders Wolin to trial as preliminary hearing ends
Oakland Tribune;  October 17, 2007 ;     683 words ......He drove 40 miles north to a Petaluma sting house on Aug. 26, 2006, and became one of...bullying him to meet "her" at a Petaluma sting house after he ditched an earlier meeting...wouldn't let it go." Driving to the sting house, Berk added, did not amount to a crime...

Article: DA Rice defends use of house for sex sting.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 12, 2007 ;     591 words ......a number of residents voiced concerns over the use of the sting house on Aster Avenue. At issue: Of the 21 men arrested and charged...the authorities have to drum up creative enforcement. The sting house, which Rice's office rented, was selected based on three factors...

Article: POLICE SEX STING ROILS COMMUNITY.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 13, 2006 ;     634 words ......said Michael Smith, 32, who lives across the street from the sting house. It was a very stressful and disturbing week. My son wanted...gave authorities a place to hide. Across the street from the sting house, Kaylee and Michael Smith watched as strange doings went on...

Article: Nassau district attorney defends sex sting tactic.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 12, 2007 ;     590 words ......a number of residents voiced concerns over the use of the sting house on Aster Avenue. At issue: Of the 21 men arrested and charged...the authorities have to drum up creative enforcement. The sting house, which Rice's office rented, was selected based on three factors...

Article: Hideaway stars push up YOUR insurance.(News)
The People (London, England);  May 2, 2004 ;     136 words ...STARS who live on high-security estates could drive up insurance premiums for people in ordinary homes. Insurers will sting house buyers who don't live in walled fortress complexes - because they will be seen as easier targets for burglars. Showbiz...

Article: The dateline story.(This Way In: THE SOUND AND THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
Esquire;  November 1, 2007 ;     313 words ......s To Catch a Predator -forcibly entered his house. He'd chatted online with a decoy for the program but failed to visit a sting house NBC had set up. I was shocked and saddened to read this story. It confirmed my fear that such public and humiliating exposure...