Bond Denied For Sexual Exploitation Suspect

I've been following this case as well, and I noticed that this little factoid wasn't posted: Judge Calls Alexander 'Risk To Community'

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal judge denied bond Monday morning for a Florida woman charged with sending obscene material to a minor.

Annamay Alexander, 44, met the 14-year-old boy while playing a Sony Playstation 3 game online. Police said Alexander drove from Florida to Oklahoma City to meet the boy at least once.

She was arrested last Wednesday by U.S. Marshals in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The boy's mother was in court Monday and told a reporter from Eyewitness News 5 that she is relieved Alexander is being denied bond. The mother left the courtroom surrounded by family, and she appeared to be upset.

An attorney representing Alexander argued that his client should be allowed to bond out of jail, suggesting she wear a GPS monitoring device.

Alexander is charged with transferring obscene material to a minor, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

LOL rednecks. But this isn't really why I'm posting this. The reason I found this interesting is that it appears in the comments surrounding the news article, someone posted who appears to be the mother of the victim:

Okiemainer, my son played games with her family. She has sons around my son's age. Her family had multiple playstations and different family members played games with him at the same time. We believed he was talking to her teenage daughter on the phone. I asked questions about them. I believed what I was told. I was foolish not neglectful. I was upset after court because I didn't know some of the details that I found out today. I don't want your sympathy. I don't have any for me either just for him.

Apr. 5, 2010 6:47pm CST | from Defendingmyself

Oh snap.

Mom Speaks Out In Stalking Case

This news article states:

Oklahoma City woman is speaking out about the Florida woman accused of arranging an encounter with her teenage son through an online video game and having sex with him. The woman, whose name is not being used to protect her son's identity, said she thought her son was playing video games with Annamay Alexander's children. She said she later found out that Alexander had taken her son to a motel for sex."He was innocent and she stole it from him," the woman said. Police said Alexander, 44, was a married mother of three when the case started. The teenage boy's mother said Alexander introduced him to members of her family. "He met the husband, the mother and children," the woman said. She said the friendship escalated and items soon began to arrive in the mail. First, there were birthday gifts, like a NASCAR T-shirt. Later, the boy received written love notes." At this point, I started getting suspicious," the mother said. "She referred to herself as his wife." Police said she had a tattoo with the boy's name on it. Police said Alexander later left her family to drive to Oklahoma to meet the boy. The mother said she remembers the day she woke up and found his room empty. "The video game was on and the volume was up, and it sounds like he was playing video games," the woman said. "But he wasn't there. "She said her son later told her that Alexander had picked him up. According to a police report, the boy said Alexander took him to a motel. "I said, 'Did you have sex with her?' And he said yes," she said. "I asked him if he'd used protection and he said, 'What is that?' "She said she began to dig through text messages and video game chat sessions, finding messages like one that said, "My body is yours to do whatever you want with." She said she also found suggested photographs. "I saw pictures of her only in a bra," the woman said.She called police and Alexander fled, investigators said. She was arrested last week in Wichita Falls, Texas. Police said she will remain in federal custody until her trial on four counts of sexual exploitation of a child.The woman said her son has returned to school and is working with health care professionals to try to put the experience behind him.She said she spoke out in order to alert other families."If this can happen to my son, it can happen to other people's," she said.

Good job keeping Home safe for children!

Annamay Alexander caught & charged

According to this post:

Some of you may remember the 44 year old woman who seduced a 14 year old boy via Home months back, and how she went on the run. Well they found her and she's been formally charged: http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/west-volusia/2010/04
/03/deltona-woman-held-in-oklahoma-...

A Deltona woman was arrested this week in Texas and brought to Oklahoma by the U.S. Marshals Service to face federal charges that she sent obscene material to a 14-year-old boy there and intended to have sex with him, according to a four-count federal indictment.

Annamay Alexander, 44, who is also known as Annamay Cherry, was arrested Wednesday in Wichita Falls, Texas. During a federal court appearance Thursday in Oklahoma, she was denied bail until a detention hearing Monday.

Alexander, the mother of three, is charged with transferring obscene material to minors, two counts of sexual exploitation of children and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. If convicted she could spend up to 30 years in prison, according to the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City police have been searching for Alexander since February.

Alexander met the teenager through a Sony Playstation 3 virtual reality game over the Internet that allows players to interact with one another through electronic representations of themselves, according to Oklahoma City police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow in a videotaped news conference.

The local newspaper, The Oklahoman, reported that the victim's mother awoke Jan. 9 to find her son gone. When he returned, Alexander was with him.

The paper reported that Oklahoma City Police Detective Robert Kemmet wrote in an affidavit: "Alexander told the mother the victim intended to marry her daughter and she wanted to talk to him about it, but did not mention her daughter is 9 years old."

Police reported Alexander returned two days later, and the victim's mother also intercepted two telephone calls to her son from Alexander.

According to the paper, Kemmet also wrote that on Feb. 10, the victim's mother found multiple text and photo messages from Alexander on her son's cell phone, including one that said, "My body is yours to do whatever you want with."

A photo of Alexander in her underwear was also found on the victim's Playstation console, according to Kemmet's affidavit. She referred to herself as the 14-year-old's wife and used his last name in notes and messages to him.

Michael Scott Alexander filed for divorce from Annamay this year and the dissolution of marriage was granted March 1.

13 year olds on Home

So waaaaaaay back in December a friend of ours promised to show the world what it was like to look through the eyes of a 13 year old girl on her first day on Home. Well, he lagged for months and finally sent the pictures in. What he saw actually surprised me.... and disgusted me. These were the rules he went by:

1. No starting conversations, only speaking to people who speak to Amanda first.
2. No talking about sex or sexually related topics. Kids should be protected from such.
3. Mark down observations of sex, violence & inappropriate conversations for a young kid.

Say hello to "AmandaSmith1997." She is a 13 year old girl, and this is her first day on Home.

First off, why is an account set to a kid being hit with advertisements for violent movies? This was the first ad seen upon entering Central Plaza.

Another gory & violent movie advert.

Another

Then Amanda met this guy. "Chargerpride77"

He continuosly tried to get "Amanda" to follow him.

He kept attempting to get "her" to go to his apartment

Amanda came up to talk to a couple she found in the mall. The female went nuts & screamed and threatened poor Amanda.

This was one guys reply to Amanda's age

This was a random conversation in central plaza. Unregulated for kids obviously.

Turns out this guy didn't care that Amanda was 13.

Just another random observation by a 13 year old girl. Why is "shit" censored and "shat" is not?

Here's the usual groin sniffing trolls in the mall. Where would the home experience be without them?

Well, more inappropriate conversations for a child to hear.

There were a few heros who wouldn't talk to Amanda. Kudos to acewest16.

Although he did insult her and (assumed) called her a bitch.

Two guys got into a tug of war match over which one was Amanda's boyfriend. Amanda didn't talk to nor request any type of relationship. These were two strangers walking up to her in Central Plaza.

Lincoln wanted Amanda to stop talking to other guys

I hope you do find a white girl, but is this something you announce to a 13 year old?

Awesome, a BDSM conversation just feet away

If you're older then 13 this is a laughable threat. But this could be really frightening to a young kid.

What about our friend Chargerpride77? Yeah. He messaged. A lot. And most were like this:

Epic.

So bottom line? Home is not safe, nor an appropriate place for young kids. Home needs to be redone as a 18+ platform for social gaming. How is it that we can capture so many instances of MODs harassing people for using bad words, (That no one can see) however they cannot protect a 13 year old girl hanging out in the areas with the most traffic? Especially being harassed by sexual predators, insulted, blasted with violent movie ads, and even had guys "claim ownership" of her. 13+ huh? Time to reconsider.

Breaking News

Written by: Kapow

Cops in Oklahoma City are looking for a 43-year-old woman who they say met a 14-year-old boy in PlayStation Home and ... yep, you can see where this is headed.

Authorities say the woman, Annamay Alexander of Deltona, Fla. (It's always Florida ...) met this boy via Home and sent him some terms-of-use violating messages, such as a picture of her in her underwear. In early January she drove up to Oklahoma City to seduce him.

An affidavit says Alexander later met the boy's mother under the ruse of talking about the boy's desire to marry her daughter. This flipped out the mom, as you can well imagine (she wasn't told the daughter was 9, either). She told Alexander GTFO and never speak to her son again. Alexander didn't follow the instructions. Mom later intercepted two phone calls from Alexander, then found sexy texts on his cell and PlayStation, plus the aforementioned picture.

Alexander, who is a married mother of three, referred to herself as the boy's wife and left subtle messages such as: "My body is yours to do whatever you want with," and "I love you and we are going to get married." The victim then confessed to having a sexual relationship with her and is said to be suicidal now. Alexander is looking at stalking and statutory rape charges but is still at large.

This is a harrowing story for any parent; it's creepy and gross to me, and not just because this obviously unhinged woman looks like Dennis Quaid in a wig. But if Home is to blame then so is the phone company.

Remember, it's not just the females who are getting abused in Home.

Story via Kotaku