Mishawaka man gets 2 years in online sex chat case

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Kevin Meehan, 31, of Mishawaka, was arrested Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 on two counts of child solicitation. (WSBT photo)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jun 27, 2008 at 3:11 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jun 27, 2008 at 3:17 PM EDT

SOUTH BEND — A Mishawaka man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to child solicitation in connection with on-line chats he had over a period of months with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.

A St. Joseph County Superior Court judge also ordered Kevin Meehan, 31, to serve two years of probation upon his release from prison.

Meehan pleaded guilty as charged earlier this month. He had sexually graphic on-line conversations with an undercover officer from January to April 2007.

Saturday, Jun 28 at 11:45 PM Bob wrote ...

You people are letting your emotions cloud your judgement.You're talking about killing or mutilating someone who never left his house.

Saturday, Jun 28 at 8:24 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Will they allow him to have a lap top in prison? Of course it ain't his lap that will need protecting! It may be a bit premature to execute him, but getting him out of society is certainly the right thing to do for now. Is everyone paying attention? Who wants to be next?

Saturday, Jun 28 at 2:54 PM J. of Granger wrote ...

Thank you Mishawaka police.... he needs to be behind bars...

Saturday, Jun 28 at 11:09 AM get em snag lock em up for good protect our kids wrote ...

if given the chance he probably would go with this girl and get her. she needs to be protected from her self. I am glad the police do this make the criminal scared knowing their are police on the onthend even then you see these guys getting caught in a sting opperation over and over again on t.v. a bunch of sick people out there.

Saturday, Jun 28 at 7:41 AM MM wrote ...

oh he's sick no doubt,but this is ridiculous.3:28 PM Johnny T wrote ...Kill him RIGHT NOW. wow kill him for talking? where's the history of molestation?lets not forget talk is cheap.

Saturday, Jun 28 at 12:23 AM Jake wrote ...

I'm with Johnny on this one. The supreme court was wrong. Kill them all. Pedrophiles, rapists, bank robbers, the lot of them. If you step out of line, BANG! You're down, game over. Kind of like GTA but no save points. And probably more screaming and rolling around bleeding but hey, that's life, I guess you shouldn't have tried humping on a kid you sicko.

Friday, Jun 27 at 4:29 PM Don wrote ...

Steve-o dont believe that. They have face morphing stuff so they LOOK like kids too. They do stuff to their voices too. You should probably just stop talking to kids online altogether, you sicko.

Friday, Jun 27 at 4:29 PM betty wrote ...

i say an eye for an eye was good enuf when jesus got saved its good enuf to take there naughty bits from em cant do no harm aint got no harm i say lop em off!

Friday, Jun 27 at 4:19 PM Steve-O wrote ...

You gotta wonder---No it would cancel each other out, since the agent is pretending to be 13, and the 13yr. old is pretending to be 21. See there are loopholes in the system. So they can continue to talk without getting in trouble.

Friday, Jun 27 at 3:59 PM You gotta wonder! wrote ...

Guess talk ain't as cheap as they say! I've often wondered what would happen if one of these 'undercover' agents were engaged in sexually explicit conversation with a 13 year old posing as a 21 year old male. WOW! That blows my mind! Would the agent be arrested for chatting with a 13 year old?

Friday, Jun 27 at 3:55 PM Steve-O wrote ...

Thats why the pro's use a video cam when chatting, so they know who they chatting with.

Friday, Jun 27 at 3:28 PM Johnny T wrote ...

Kill him RIGHT NOW. This guy as good as molested a kid! Soon as he gets out of the holiday camp they call jail (where he'll just learn from other pedos how NOT to get caught) he's bound to kidnap, hurt and KILL your children.

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