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Dad Used Facebook to Proposition Daughter: Cops

Self-described 'Bad Daddy' faces up to 30 years in prison

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 11, 2009 3:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Pennsylvania man who used Facebook to proposition his 13-year-old daughter has been charged with attempted incest and unlawful contact with a minor, police say. After tracking down the girl, with whom he had had no contact for a decade, he asked to meet her... Read full story »

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