Man Allegedly Used iPhone App To Meet, Have Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: FBI

Moses Virgil Campbell Jr., 44, of Virginia, allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl he met through a social networking iPhone app, "iDate-Personals Dating Service for Singles of Any Sex."

The Washington Post writes that according to a federal agent's report, Campbell "first made contact with the 14-year-old girl through iDate, and the two began talking and decided to meet in person."

Authorities say that on April 6, Campbell came to the girl's house and reportedly had sex with her in the basement of her home while her mother slept upstairs. The next day, the girl allegedly tried to take a cab to Campbell's house. The Washington Examiner has the details:

On April 7, authorities said, the girl tried to meet with Campbell again, this time at his house in Alexandria. She called a cab, but the driver refused to take her because he didn't believe she had the cash for the trip. The teen gave the driver Campbell's phone number and said the driver could call Campbell to verify that Campbell would cover the trip's cost. But the girl's mother spotted her daughter in the cab before it could pull away. Court documents said the mother got the phone number from the cab driver, called Campbell and told him the girl was 14. The next day, authorities said, the girl took a cab to Alexandria and Campbell covered the $55 tab.

An affidavit written by FBI Special Agent Alicia M. McShane reveals that the cab company notified the police. When the authorities arrived at Campbell's house, the Washington Post reports, they found the girl hiding under his bed.

Netway Enterprises, developers of iDate, told the Washington Examiner that the app is intended for persons over 18 and that profiles are screened to keep out underage users. The company's precautions include reviewing "every picture to screen out users who look like they're too young to join."

Comments

[melaelisa]

10:34 AM on 05/11/2010

Cool stuff... Is the girl going to call the police because she's having nasty experiences that she LIKES? No. Silly news, yeah.

[Mystigo]

10:40 AM on 05/10/2010

Shouldn't the title be:

"Man Allegedly Used Penis To Have Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: FBI"?

[elicourey]

10:53 PM on 05/10/2010

hahaha, i agree. unless he really did use the iPhone.....

[ringmaster]

09:04 AM on 05/10/2010

What's it called,dateline?

[stubb207]

08:38 AM on 05/10/2010

brings a whole new meaning to iTouch.

[KarateKid]

08:06 AM on 05/10/2010

It's all the app's fault? What a silly headline.

[cookgoose]

07:32 AM on 05/10/2010

Apparently there is an app for that....

[elicourey]

10:46 PM on 05/10/2010

hahaha, i was thinking the same thing....but you beat me to it.

[SeanOcali2]

03:51 AM on 05/10/2010

Clearly Apple is at fault here . ;)

[Nutcase]

06:25 AM on 05/10/2010

No, everyone knows it's Obama's fault. I'll get back to you with how after Rush or Sarah puts out the talking points.

[poaster]

07:09 AM on 05/10/2010

Agree. Right after Obama torpedoed the oil rig and and fat fingered the billion dollar trade mistake he was working on an upgrade to the Idate app he was working on. He just added the predator feature a few days before this happened. Bad BHO.

[fastfood]

03:10 AM on 05/10/2010

There must be something horriblie wrong going on at the teens home , that gives her reason to have sex in her basement with a 44 year old man ..... And , after that , she tried to catch a cab to the man`s house to have sex with him again , and she`s only 14 years old , where`d she get all of that expereince from ?... Who in her family , or what aqaintance introduced her to sex acts with 44 year old men ?

[KWHOO]

10:01 AM on 05/10/2010

And how many American homes do you think might be in similar circumstances? We live in a culture that pushes our children to mature faster and faster, and uses sexuality to sell practically any and everything under the sun. There was no mention of a father in the house, and if you follow trends, there is a near majority of single parent homes throughout the US. Having a teenaged child longing for love and affection and inundated with sexual messages on a daily basis; this may be more common then we think. I’d say something is going horrible wrong with our entire culture.

[svnjewels]

02:11 AM on 05/10/2010

That's what happens when parents don't monitor the child's cell phone usage.

[EvilCartman]

12:27 AM on 05/10/2010

We need to ban the Internet, its such a source of all our society's problems.

[marred]

03:30 AM on 05/10/2010

yeah right ban the internet because of a few billion stupid people?

[peteRed]

06:30 AM on 05/10/2010

more than ban, we need to educate the people (especially parents, but also the so called digital borne generation) about internet usage and misusage!

[stepintothelight]

11:52 PM on 05/09/2010

IT WAS AT&T'S FAULT!!!

[S G]

11:47 PM on 05/09/2010

The wording of the article's title is odd. I understand how he used the app to meet her. But unless you're talking about virtual sex, how in the world did he use an app to have sex with her? A better title might be: Man Allegedly Used iPhone App To Meet 14-Year-Old Girl for sex. It's clearer and shorter!

[imayes]

11:38 PM on 05/09/2010

Are you a total purv who needs to meet _und3r@ge girls online? There's an app for that.

[peteRed]

06:30 AM on 05/10/2010

for everything else a credit card

[Shannon Tanski]

11:08 PM on 05/09/2010

What I want to know is...why was SHE using the iphone app?

[InStl]

11:25 PM on 05/09/2010

My question is, why does a 14 year old have an Iphone?

[Shannon Tanski]

11:31 PM on 05/09/2010

Clearly so that she can sleep with older men.

[SeanOcali2]

03:40 AM on 05/10/2010

Why is it strange to you that a 14 year old would have an iPhone? Are you baffled as to how she escaped her in-home dungeon as well?

[Milhouse901]

11:46 PM on 05/09/2010

do you know a 14 yr old without a phone??

[Shannon Tanski]

12:17 AM on 05/10/2010

Nope. But i don't know any with one as expensive as an iPhone

[macmanchgo]

10:59 PM on 05/09/2010

This and the whole flourish of articles in the last several weeks to demonize Apple reminds me of the Tea Party going at it, or Glen Beck talking about things he knows nothing about... it shows a remarkable lack of quality in reporting and a obvious attempt to cause hysteria in the masses. Good work, you are getting your hits.