2004 meeting arranged with Internet Lolita
By Tom Blakey
Transcript Staff Writer
A 26-year-old Enid man pleaded guilty Wednesday to three felonies in connection with a sexual encounter he arranged in July 2004 with a girl he met in an Internet chat room and thought was a 13-year-old virgin.
Matthew Lynn Davis, 26, was sentenced by District Judge Tom Lucas to a 10-year suspended sentence and two five-year suspended sentences on charges of attempted indecent proposal to a child; attempting to offer to transport a minor for lewd or indecent purposes; and use of a computer to violate an Oklahoma statute. Another felony, use of a computer to distribute pornography to minors, was dismissed by prosecutors.
Davis will be required to register as a sex offender and be on supervised probation for two years and comply with rules and conditions for sex offenders. He also will be required to submit a DNA sample to law enforcement as a result of the convictions.
In fact, the 13-year-old virgin was "Nikki," who is in her 30s and owns U.S. Cyberwatch, a Web site that works to create public awareness of the sexual predators who prey on young children visiting Internet chat rooms. Nikki grew up in Norman before moving to another state, and works with Norman police detectives in busting wo uld-be pedophiles.
Besides arranging the Norman meeting July 7, 2004, where Davis was met by detectives rather than the 13-year-old virgin he was expecting to meet, Davis also sent graphic web cam pictures of himself to christie_soonergirl.
"This guy drove approximately 125 miles to get this 13-year-old child, Christie, and when he did he was arrested and went to jail," Nikki said.
Nikki credited Norman detectives and the Cleveland County district attorney's office for the conviction.
"We conference in person and by phone very regularly, and they're working to make sure that these predators are identified and prosecuted so that children will be protected from them. We're seeing a lot of work, a lot of time and resources being put into these cases now, and for that we're very grateful. The work that we're all doing as a team is, no doubt, going to protect children and raise awareness about this very important issue and the danger it poses to children online," she said.
Tom Blakey 366-3540 tblakey@normantranscript.com
