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Man Who Lured Boy on Facebook Gets 35 Years

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2008 1:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – A 25-year-old Chicago stockbroker was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for soliciting sex from minors on Facebook, the Tribune reports. Facebook said this appears to be the first case of a sexual predator using the social networking site. Michael Macalindong posed as a... Read full story »

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