Teen posts ad for "Gay Best Friend," leads to interaction with luring suspect | KATU Investigators | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News - Portland, Oregon: "MD Shahidul Islam, 26, was arrested Saturday Jan. 10 by St. Helens Police on charges that ranged from attempted rape and online sexual corruption of a child to luring a minor. In his first court appearance in Columbia County Circuit Court last week, Islam pleaded not guilty to all charges. He has since been released from jail.
"This can happen to anybody," the victim's dad said, who did not want to be identified for this story. "I never imagined this would have happened to one of my children."
Islam began an online relationship with the 14-year-old girl in mid-July, according to court documents and police records. The teen's parents didn't know it at the time, but she and her friends posted the ad for a "Gay Best Friend," or "GBF."
"I don't know the rationalization behind that except some of the things that is on TV nowadays," the dad continued. "I believe it was just kids being kids."
The teen's mom told investigators that someone responded to the ad, which sparked online and text conversations. In some cases, the conversations happened through Kik, a messaging app popular with teens and tweens.
In one conversation, the person stated that he was going to New York and wanted to know if the teen needed anything. She responded, "Clothes, shoes, money." The person said he could bring the teen clothes and shoes once he returned from New York, but could deliver the money now.
A few weeks later, the teen told investigators Islam drove to meet her, and her three friends, at a Scappoose Dairy Queen. When he arrived, the teen said Islam texted the group to meet him at his car. Islam then asked the teen to get into his car "so they could talk," but it must have scared the 14-year-old because court records state she ran away.
The teen's friends stayed behind and, she later told investigators, Islam gave them $40.
At some point, the teen told her parents about the online and text conversations that sprang from the Craigslist ad.
"She was pretty open and honest -- didn't try to hide anything," the dad said. "I think having that line of communication has really helped, at least through the first part of this process."
The dad said he and his ex-wife called multiple agencies, starting with Scappoose police, but said their concerns didn't go far since the initial conversations were not sexual in nature. Dad said he also called the FBI and St. Helens police, the latter agency was finally able to push the investigation forward.
The dad handed over his daughter's cellphone to a St. Helens police detective who then used the phone, posing as the teen, to send Islam a text message. According to the police report, when the conversation turned sexual, the officer asked Islam to meet him at the St. Helens Wal-Mart.
About an hour later, Islam drove into the parking lot driving a dark gray Toyota Prius, police said. Officers were standing by to arrest him. Inside his jacket pocket, the report states, police found two condoms."
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"This can happen to anybody," the victim's dad said, who did not want to be identified for this story. "I never imagined this would have happened to one of my children."
Islam began an online relationship with the 14-year-old girl in mid-July, according to court documents and police records. The teen's parents didn't know it at the time, but she and her friends posted the ad for a "Gay Best Friend," or "GBF."
"I don't know the rationalization behind that except some of the things that is on TV nowadays," the dad continued. "I believe it was just kids being kids."
The teen's mom told investigators that someone responded to the ad, which sparked online and text conversations. In some cases, the conversations happened through Kik, a messaging app popular with teens and tweens.
In one conversation, the person stated that he was going to New York and wanted to know if the teen needed anything. She responded, "Clothes, shoes, money." The person said he could bring the teen clothes and shoes once he returned from New York, but could deliver the money now.
A few weeks later, the teen told investigators Islam drove to meet her, and her three friends, at a Scappoose Dairy Queen. When he arrived, the teen said Islam texted the group to meet him at his car. Islam then asked the teen to get into his car "so they could talk," but it must have scared the 14-year-old because court records state she ran away.
The teen's friends stayed behind and, she later told investigators, Islam gave them $40.
At some point, the teen told her parents about the online and text conversations that sprang from the Craigslist ad.
"She was pretty open and honest -- didn't try to hide anything," the dad said. "I think having that line of communication has really helped, at least through the first part of this process."
The dad said he and his ex-wife called multiple agencies, starting with Scappoose police, but said their concerns didn't go far since the initial conversations were not sexual in nature. Dad said he also called the FBI and St. Helens police, the latter agency was finally able to push the investigation forward.
The dad handed over his daughter's cellphone to a St. Helens police detective who then used the phone, posing as the teen, to send Islam a text message. According to the police report, when the conversation turned sexual, the officer asked Islam to meet him at the St. Helens Wal-Mart.
About an hour later, Islam drove into the parking lot driving a dark gray Toyota Prius, police said. Officers were standing by to arrest him. Inside his jacket pocket, the report states, police found two condoms."
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