Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The "C" in CBS stands for "Columbia," not "Child"

An ongoing child sex solicitation sting has nabbed a freelance technical manager for CBS, who was in town to cover the Dolphins game last weekend.

[Daniel] Barron, 56, from New Jersey, was arrested Saturday and charged with solicitation to commit sexual battery on a child under 12. Barron, still jailed, couldn't be reached for comment and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.

Barron was in town helping a CBS crew cover a weekend Miami Dolphins game, according to an arrest report.

LeslieAnne Wade, vice president of communications for CBS Sports in New York, said Barron was a CBS freelance technical manager. That's contrary to a police news release that incorrectly identified him as a producer, she said.

The arrest report stated that Barron told [St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office detective Neil] Spector in a chat room he wanted to perform a sex act on a child. Spector posed as a father willing to let a stranger have sex with his 11-year-old daughter. When Barron arrived at an arranged meeting at a Fort Lauderdale parking lot, several agencies helped nab him.
Maybe this will help distract CBS from all the bad press about Katie Couric. See, so this can only be good news for CBS (and Republicans) ...

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