N.Y. police get some help from Miss America
Miss America can add crime fighter to her resume.
Lauren Nelson, of Lawton, Okla., recently went undercover with police in New York for a sting targeting sexual predators. Officers in Suffolk County’s computer crimes unit created an online profile of a 14-year-old girl that included photographs of Nelson as a teenager. She then chatted online and on the telephone with men who wanted to meet her and made arrangements to do so.
The operation was filmed for a segment of “America’s Most Wanted” that will air Saturday on Fox. At least four men were arrested and face charges, said Avery Mann, a spokesman for the show.
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