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across the nation, including Ten- nessee and South Carolina, joined together Tuesday (Aug. 24) asking online auction site craigslist.org to take down its adult services portion of the site due to continued alle- gations of prostitution advertise- ments. According to Tennessee Attorney


General Bob Cooper, the multi- state letter sent to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and founder Craig Newmark contends that Craigslist must adequately screen these ads or close that portion of its Web site. Te extremely popular site is a


forum where people can advertise jobs or merchandise for sale. Te adult services section has been a consistent source of controversy, and Craigslist officials said in 2008 they would better monitor those


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specific ads, according to the release from the Tennessee Attorney Gen- eral’s office. Although Craigslist began with


just a few sites in major U.S. cities, it has since expanded with specialized sites in nearly a dozen North Caro- lina towns, including Asheville. Deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office arrested


Barnardsville resident Michael Grant last week after investigators say they monitored a Craigslist posting from Grant. Deputies ar- rested him at a prearranged meet- ing where they say he was seeking to pay for sex with a 14-year-old girl.


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Grant and arranged a meeting for the purposes of having sex with an underage male but Grant backed out of the meeting. Due to the prior contact with


Grant, investigators are concerned that there may be additional un- derage victims who have not come forward. Grant is also listed as the owner


of Grant Home Inspection in Bar- nardsville. He was released on a $10,000 bond. Attempts to reach Grant by telephone were unsuc- cessful. Te Buncombe County Sher-


iff’s Office, with its Computer Crimes Unit, is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force led by the State Bureau of Investigation. Te ICAC Task Force is a network of law enforce- ment agencies that investigate these types of criminal offenses. Woodfin police officers worked


with the Computer Crimes Unit earlier this year on several online sex cases. Anyone who has any informa-


tion on any other victims is asked to call the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office at 250-4436 and speak to Det. Jeff Sluder.


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Michael Grant is accused of promoting the prostitution of a child. www.weavervilletribune.com


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