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Man Accused Of Posing As Girl On MySpace; Charged With Child Molestation

Posted: 11:02 am EDT June 9, 2009Updated: 6:08 pm EDT June 9, 2009

Gwinnett County police said a 26-year-old man has been arrested for posing as a girl on MySpace to meet with a teen boy to engage in sexual acts.

Police arrested Antoine Louis Johnson, 26, for allegedly posing as a 16-year-old girl on MySpace to meet with a 13-year-old boy to engage in sexual acts.

Investigators are asking any more potential victims to come forward.

Gwinnett County officials said a 13-year-old boy told his guardian on June 2 that he was molested in 2008.

The boy said he met a girl on MySpace who promised him sexual favors if he would allow her brother to perform sexual acts on him. Police said Johnson picked up the victim near the entrance of his neighborhood and took him to a nearby vacant house where the incident occurred.

Police said they discovered that Johnson had also contacted one of the victim's friends, again pretended to be a 16-year-old girl, and wanted to meet with the friend for the same purpose. On June 5, Johson was allegedly supposed to meet with the victim and his friend, but instead, investigators with the special victims unit met Johnson and arrested him.

Johnson was charged with two counts of aggravated child molestation and two counts of child molestation. Additional charges are forthcoming regarding the intended meeting with the victim and his friend last week.

Johnson is currently being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Detention Center.

Anyone with additional information about Johnson’s activities are urged contact Investigator Flanagan at 770-513-5300.

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