D.Minn.: PC shown to get def’s Facebook account for evidence of soliciting sex acts with minors

Probable cause was shown for defendant’s Facebook account: “The Court finds here that Agent Jones’s affidavit established probable cause to believe that evidence of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, or contraband or fruits of such conduct, would be found on Page’s Facebook account. The affidavit described Agent Jones’s training and experience in investigating child pornography and child exploitation, and how child molesters use specific techniques to groom future victims, such as buying them gifts, spending time doing fun activities, and becoming their friend. The affidavit also described the agent’s investigation of Page from 2012 to 2015 and the HSI interviews of Page’s alleged victims and friend. Three boys told HSI agents of sexual conduct with Page. The affidavit relayed that the boys used Facebook to communicate with Page and that they often used Facebook to discuss him giving them money for clothes or schooling. The affidavit also described how Page used Facebook to communicate with his friends, at one point expressing concern over whether anybody had spoken with them about Page.” United States v. Page, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31145 (D.Minn. Feb. 2, 2016),* adopted 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30390 (D. Minn. Mar. 9, 2016).*