February 18, 200521 yr marlinf...er...moneyball will be devastated. Think WSVN will mention it? 689459[/snapback] yup.
February 18, 200521 yr Author Think WSVN will mention it? 689459[/snapback] Not sure. I heard it on CBS 12 here in Palm Beach County.
February 18, 200521 yr Author Here is an article from the Sun Sentinel.... Emmy Award-winning TV weatherman Bill Kamal was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Friday for trying to seduce a 14-year-old boy over the Internet. The " boy" was an undercover police officer. Kamal was also ordered to a lifetime of probation once he was released from prison and ordered to pay a fine of $20,000. Kamal was chief meteorologist for WSVN-Ch. 7 for a decade. He was fired Oct. 25 -- the first workday after his arrest. About 20 supporters were in the courtroom when Kamal was sentenced on Friday. He told the court he was "remorseful and humbled" by the event and vowed " I will make things right again." All things have ``cause and effect, actions and consequences,'' said Kamal, whose hair and face are grayer since he was jailed without bond. He said he expects God to redirect him. ``God wants that pure and innocent person that he created returned,'' he said. Kamal's brother, godmother, a former co-worker and his family's church pastor in Lawrence, Mass., spoke for him. The Rev. Edward Hughes choked up as he described how close Kamal was to his family and his continuing role in church activities from such a great distance. Kamal admitted his guilt in the case in December just two months after a child pornography task force ensnared him in a sting investigation dubbed "Operation Predator." Sitting in court was the "boy" Kamal thought he had arranged to meet for sex -- Neil Spector, a stocky, balding, middle-aged deputy from the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. Court records spelled out the lurid details of a weeklong investigation in which Spector posed as a sexually inexperienced 14-year-old boy. Kamal found him within minutes of entering an online chat room on Oct. 18, writing, "hi, masc. lean ripped body, older looking 4 a son." Later, he identified himself as "Billy" and wrote that he was "a cool dude who works in the media and has to be VERY DISCREET." The correspondence grew increasingly explicit until the two agreed to meet in Fort Pierce to spend a Sunday afternoon together. "I can't wait to see you buddy and give you a big hug and a sweet passionate kiss," Kamal wrote. "Hopefully we will fall in love with each other and no one would know." He described the relationship as "a dad/son's love ... plus the sex." On Oct. 24, police tailed Kamal from his Las Olas Boulevard condo to a convenience store parking lot in Fort Pierce. Police found two toy water guns and two condoms inside Kamal's black Jaguar. Kamal admitted arranging the meeting but denied planning to have sex with the boy. He told agents he wanted to love the boy as a father figure, but admitted communicating with other children over the Internet and possessing child pornography on his computer. Under terms of the plea bargain, Kamal also agreed to forfeit his computer equipment. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/sou...-home-headlines
February 20, 200521 yr As glad as I am to see a pedophile locked up, i disapprove of the method. Would kamal have tried to meet with a young boy for sex had he not been egged on by the undercover officer? Has kamal ever met with an underage boy for sex? How many underage boys would actually meet for sex with a 47 yo man they meet on the net? Too many factors at play and unbfortunately I think this law enforcement tactic gives too much power to the government.
February 20, 200521 yr As glad as I am to see a pedophile locked up, i disapprove of the method. Would kamal have tried to meet with a young boy for sex had he not been egged on by the undercover officer? Has kamal ever met with an underage boy for sex? How many underage boys would actually meet for sex with a 47 yo man they meet on the net? Too many factors at play and unbfortunately I think this law enforcement tactic gives too much power to the government. 690536[/snapback] I have to disagree. These guys know how to take advantage of naive kids. It happens all the time. The best disincentive for them is the possibility that the person on the other side is a cop. I see what you are saying though in that perhaps this cop did things that induced Kamal into asking the "boy" to meet with him. But I think with guys like Kamal, the it would have happend eventually.
February 20, 200521 yr Here is an article from the Sun Sentinel.... Emmy Award-winning TV weatherman Bill Kamal was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Friday for trying to seduce a 14-year-old boy over the Internet. The " boy" was an undercover police officer. Kamal was also ordered to a lifetime of probation once he was released from prison and ordered to pay a fine of $20,000. Kamal was chief meteorologist for WSVN-Ch. 7 for a decade. He was fired Oct. 25 -- the first workday after his arrest. About 20 supporters were in the courtroom when Kamal was sentenced on Friday. He told the court he was "remorseful and humbled" by the event and vowed " I will make things right again." All things have ``cause and effect, actions and consequences,'' said Kamal, whose hair and face are grayer since he was jailed without bond. He said he expects God to redirect him. ``God wants that pure and innocent person that he created returned,'' he said. Kamal's brother, godmother, a former co-worker and his family's church pastor in Lawrence, Mass., spoke for him. The Rev. Edward Hughes choked up as he described how close Kamal was to his family and his continuing role in church activities from such a great distance. Kamal admitted his guilt in the case in December just two months after a child pornography task force ensnared him in a sting investigation dubbed "Operation Predator." Sitting in court was the "boy" Kamal thought he had arranged to meet for sex -- Neil Spector, a stocky, balding, middle-aged deputy from the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. Court records spelled out the lurid details of a weeklong investigation in which Spector posed as a sexually inexperienced 14-year-old boy. Kamal found him within minutes of entering an online chat room on Oct. 18, writing, "hi, masc. lean ripped body, older looking 4 a son." Later, he identified himself as "Billy" and wrote that he was "a cool dude who works in the media and has to be VERY DISCREET." The correspondence grew increasingly explicit until the two agreed to meet in Fort Pierce to spend a Sunday afternoon together. "I can't wait to see you buddy and give you a big hug and a sweet passionate kiss," Kamal wrote. "Hopefully we will fall in love with each other and no one would know." He described the relationship as "a dad/son's love ... plus the sex." On Oct. 24, police tailed Kamal from his Las Olas Boulevard condo to a convenience store parking lot in Fort Pierce. Police found two toy water guns and two condoms inside Kamal's black Jaguar. Kamal admitted arranging the meeting but denied planning to have sex with the boy. He told agents he wanted to love the boy as a father figure, but admitted communicating with other children over the Internet and possessing child pornography on his computer. Under terms of the plea bargain, Kamal also agreed to forfeit his computer equipment. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/sou...-home-headlines 689514[/snapback] http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...ndpost&p=610956 :thumbup I also know who "Deep Throat" is. :lol
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