{"id":39013,"date":"2017-08-05T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39013"},"modified":"2017-08-05T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T07:38:42","slug":"large-font-in-text-message-leads-to-child-sex-abuse-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/large-font-in-text-message-leads-to-child-sex-abuse-arrests.html","title":{"rendered":"Large font in text message leads to child sex abuse arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Large font in text message leads to child sex abuse arrests<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Large font in text message leads to child sex abuse arrests:- A nursery school teacher has been called a “hero” after she spotted a plane passenger allegedly sending text messages discussing child sexual abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman, who has not been named, was able to read the messages of the man in front of her on the Seattle-San Jose flight because they were in a large font on a large smart phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

She took pictures of the screen and informed airline staff, police say.<\/span><\/p>\n

It led to the arrests of Michael Kellar, and later Gail Burnworth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two children, aged five and seven, have been identified as the alleged victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Southwest Airlines employees alerted police to the texts. After landing at Mineta San Jose International Airport, in California, Mr Kellar was detained on the spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Detective Sergeant Brian Spears of San Jose Police stressed that, without the teacher’s decision to act, “he would have been lost”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I let her know, right off the bat, that she is my hero,” he told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

He told NBC Bay Area: “If it wasn’t for that young lady’s actions, another sexual assault would have occurred.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Det Sgt Spears added it was worrying Mr Kellar had “seemed so nonchalant” about the messages he was sending that he had not even noticed the woman taking photographs.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was close to advertising the conversation,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to MercuryNews.com, Mr Kellar reportedly said the messages were just fantasy, but further investigation led police to Ms Burnworth, who is understood to have been dating him for about a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

They also identified two alleged victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Kellar, 56, of Tacoma, Washington State, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted child molestation and two counts of solicitation of a sex crime, San Jose Police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Burnworth, 50, also of Tacoma, was arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, rape of a child and dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-40828788<\/span><\/p>\n

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