Surrogate Stalker Act Clears Committee in California

Assembly Bill 534 (AB534), authored by Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, today passed out of the Senate Public Safety Committee. This bill, which is known as the “Surrogate Stalker Act” is in an attempt to stop pedophiles and surrogate stalkers such as Jack McClellan.

“I am very pleased that my colleagues in the Senate Public Safety Committee understand the importance of this legislation,” said Smyth. “I would especially like to thank the Chair of the Committee, Senator Gloria Romero, for her support and willingness to serve as a co-author. As a father of two, nothing is more important to me than the safety of our children. This legislation will help ensure that our children can grow up in a society in which they can go to parks and amusement centers without the worry of being victimized by sexual predators.”

McClellan, a self proclaimed pedophile, had been in and around the Southern California area researching places where children congregate, and then posting descriptions of specific children at these places, on his website, for other pedophiles to use as a resource.

AB 534 would make it a misdemeanor to engage in surrogate stalking, which is the act of publishing photos, physical descriptions, and/or locations of children with the intent that another person uses that information to commit a crime against a child.
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Please go here and contact your legislators and let them know you support this bill (AB534).

High School Boys Unknowingly End up on Porn Site

Unauthorized photos of teen water polo athletes were posted on gay porn sites

High school water polo teams competing at competitions should not have to worry about who's taking their pictures, and even worse, where those pictures will end up.

The Orange County Register found five gay-oriented Web sites that contained dozens of non-action photographs of apparently unsuspecting high school boys water polo players from least 11 Orange County high schools as well as schools in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.

On these sites, images of local high school athletes, some as young as 14, according to parents, are next to photos of nude or semi-nude young males and graphic sexual content. The photos are the subject of lewd comments from chat room participants as far away as Australia.

According to The Orange County Register, UC Irvine police confirmed they are investigating whether Scott Cornelius, a UCI police dispatcher, photographed high school players for gay-oriented sites. Cornelius remains on "active duty," according to UCI Police Chief Paul Henisey.

The site had water polo images that listed photo credits for Scott Stanford. The photos credited to Scott Stanford were removed on Friday following Register inquiries made to UC Irvine police and Cornelius. Other photos remain online.
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What would you do if it were your child or grandchild that had their picture on a porn site?

How far are we going to let the child predators go?

Public events are fair game for picture taking and it's perfectly legal to do so, but there's no way anyone should be able to cross the line like this. Kids shouldn't have to worry about their images being splattered on porn sites. There needs to be some accountability for the photographers and the web sites.

Everyday I see pedophile sites and message boards showing and talking about children's pictures that were taken in public venues. These pedophiles trade these pictures like they are a valuable commodity. To the child and their family, they are the private moments that are being exploited online for the predators sexual pleasure.

Assemblyman Cameron Smyth wrote the Surrogate Stalker Act (AB534). He wrote this bill when Jack McClellan was in California stalking little girls. The Surrogate Stalker Act would make it illegal to publish any information about the appearance of a child, the location of a child, or locations where children can be found, for the purpose of committing a crime against a child.