Arizona Internet sexual predator sentenced - Helman
Reminder! - June is Internet Safety Month
The following case study serves as another example of the continuing threat from Internet sexual predators.
Arizona Internet sexual predator sentenced
Phoenix, Arizona – April 5, 2007
Offender: Jeremy Eugene Helman, age 30
Screen name: "FUN_IN_THE_SUN_1976"
Unemployed electrician. Married with two small children.
Offense: Luring a minor for sexual exploitation (Internet enticement). ARS 13-3554
Phoenix Police Report number: 2006-61270527
On July 6, 2006, Jeremy Eugene Helman, a 29 year unemployed electrician was arrested by members of the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and charged with luring a minor for sexual exploitation.
Helman came to the attention of law enforcement when he used the Internet with the intention of meeting a minor for sex. During Internet chat conversations, Helman used the screen name: “FUN_IN_THE_SUN_1976” and groomed his intended victim while making sexually explicit statements including (expletives deleted):
“Do you do bootycalls?”
“Wish you were a little older”
“Have you hooked up before?”
“Like sex”
“Are you ready for a guy to do more to you?”
“Do you masturbate?”
“Maybe we could experiment a little sometime”
“Play around a little”
“Make you feel good”
“Touch your (expletive) and your (expletive) softly”
“Well I could go to jail”
“U could be a cop right now though”
“When you wanna do it?”
“Do you shave or trim your (expletive)?”
“Do you have a digital camera?”
“Can I take pics of you?”
“Topless in panties”
“Maybe one with no panties”
“Do you want me to come see you”
“I will see you at 3”
Helman used his home computer while his wife, a nurse who works nights, was asleep. After the chat conversations, intent upon meeting a minor for sex, he drove eight miles to a predetermined location in west Phoenix for the planned meeting. His plan was interrupted when he was arrested without incident by members of the Arizona ICAC Task Force. He made admissions to the offense.
A computer and other evidence were seized from his Phoenix apartment as his surprised wife looked on. A computer forensic investigator from the Maricopa County Attorneys Office later examined the evidence.
Helman was booked into the Maricopa County jail and the case was handled by the Maricopa County Attorneys Office.
On April 5, 2007, Helman pled guilty to one count of luring a minor for sexual exploitation. He was sentenced by Judge Douglas L. Rayes of Maricopa County Superior Court.
Helman’s sentence included the following:
Suspension of Sentence – Probation Granted
Probation – ten years
Probation fees
6 months jail beginning on 10/05/07
Register as sex offender
GPS Monitoring
DNA testing
Read the sentencing of Judge Rayes at http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/scripts/meeds/qreturn.asp (enter the case number CR2006-139322)
More information about Internet safety can be found at the following web sites:
Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
http://www.azicac.net
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.netsmartz.org
Web wise kids
http://www.webwisekids.org
I-Safe
http://www.isafe.org