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Nov 10, 2007 9:04 pm US/Central

Reno Man Used Craigslist To Lure Teenagers

RENO, Nev. (AP) ― A Reno man was arrested on suspicion of using the Internet bulletin board Craigslist.org to lure two teenage boys to his home and sexually assaulting one of them.
  
Police say 32-year-old Jason Hunter was booked on charges of using technology to lure a child, sexual assault on a child, and open and gross lewdness.
  
According to police, he met the two boys, ages 13 and 15, through Craigslist. He allegedly posed as a 20-year-old woman and invited the boys to come over to party.
  
The incident comes just weeks after a Minnesota woman died after answering a false ad on Craigslist.
  
Authorities believe 24-year-old Katherine Ann Olson was lured to her death by 19-year-old Michael John Anderson. Prosecutors say he posted an ad for a babysitter on the Internet bulletin board and shot Olson in the back.

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