Recently named as one of the top ten emerging legal issues in February, 2016, Internet crimes and the affirmative defense of entrapment, has become one of the most hotly contested legal contests in the 21st century.

As violent crime and crimes against persons and property are dropping all over the Nation, internet crimes have seen a dramatic spike in both arrests and convictions in almost every State and Federal Court system.

A typical defendant will argue by saying, “I never touched her, so why am I being charged?

” A defendant is essentially charged for the simple act of communicating in a certain way with a minor.

For internet solicitation or online solicitation of a minor, the method of contact must involve some type of online or electronic means.

When this charge first evolved, most states restricted the application to conversations through the Internet, like those in chat rooms.

The predator sting led to 30 other arrests by the Sheriff's Department.

Wilson filed an initial plea of not guilty six days after he was taken into custody.

The site additionally attracted media attention, both laudatory and critical, as a result of their collaboration with Dateline NBC on a series of televised sting operations called To Catch a Predator.

Solicitation of a minor involves a defendant asking or engaging in a conversation with a minor and during the course of that conversation, the defendant asks (or solicits) the minor to meet them for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act.

Online solicitation of a minor is a common form of solicitation of a minor, and involves communication through the internet during which the solicitation occurs.

He was released from prison and began five years of probation on Wednesday, Feb.

8, according to Florida Department of Corrections records.