South Florida People Did You See Who Got Busted?

[KRL]

Holy Shit. TV CH 7's Weatherman Bill Kamal got busted for seducing a 14 year old boy over the Net.


Meteorologist Arrested For Seducing Minor, Loses Job at Channel 7

South Florida television personality Bill Kamal was fired from his job as chief meteorologist for WSVN-Ch. 7 on Monday -- the same day federal authorities filed charges accusing him of trying to seduce a 14-year-old boy over the Internet.

Kamal was arrested Sunday as he stepped out of his black Jaguar in the parking lot of a Fort Pierce convenience store. Expecting a teenager, he was met instead by agents with a federal task force, U.S. Attorney Marcos Daniel Jiménez said.

Kamal joined WSVN-Ch. 7 in July 1994, and was the station's chief meteorologist, broadcasting weather for the evening newscasts.¶

In an e-mail statement Monday, WSVN said, We have no other alternative but to dismiss Bill Kamal for cause.

A federal criminal complaint filed in Fort Pierce on Monday accuses Kamal of using the Internet to entice a minor for sex. The accompanying eight-page affidavit lays out details of the investigation in graphic detail.

The arrest capped a weeklong investigation in which an undercover agent posed as the boy, agreeing to meet with Kamal. According to the affidavit, Kamal admitted arranging the meeting but denied planning to have sex with the boy.

He told agents he wanted to love the boy as a father figure, but admitted communicating with other children over the Internet and possessing child pornography on a laptop computer, the affidavit stated.

Last week Kamal came to the attention of a multi-agency federal operation dubbed "Operation Predator," which targets pedophiles and child pornographers. He will appear before a federal magistrate today in Fort Pierce.

According to the affidavit, Kamal encountered someone he believed to be a sexually inexperienced, gay 14-year-old last Monday in an Internet chat room called "Boyzformen." He allegedly introduced himself as "Billy," writing, "hi, masc. lean ripped body, older looking 4 a son."

They exchanged e-mails and phone calls, and agreed to meet Sunday. "I can't wait to see you buddy and give you a big hug and a sweet passionate kiss," Kamal allegedly wrote. "Hopefully we will fall in love with each other and no one would know." He described the relationship as "a dad/son's love ... plus the sex."

Agents followed Kamal on Sunday as he drove from the Las Olas Boulevard condo he bought two years ago for $300,000 to a convenience store in Fort Pierce, where he had arranged to meet the boy between 1:30 and 2 p.m.

Kamal owns another $300,000 beachfront condo in Miami Beach, where he corresponded with the agent on a desktop computer, according to the affidavit and property records. He also used his computer in the newsroom, according to the affidavit.

At a news conference Monday, Jiménez said his office has seen a huge leap in child pornography and sexual predator cases during the past three years. In 2001, 24 such cases were prosecuted in South Florida. This year, there have been 40.

Federal authorities urged parents to carefully monitor their teenagers' computer time and teach them not to give out personal information or arrange to meet with strangers.

Details of the correspondence between the popular TV weatherman and the agent posing as a teen provide a cautionary tale on the ways of child predators, Jiménez said.

"im really looking 4 a real son," Kamal allegedly wrote, "not just to trade pics and never speak again. im not just looking for quick sex." Later, he added, "I would love to care for you buddy ... hopefully love you like you deserve ... I would like to be cared about like a dad too."

When the agent posing as the boy reminded Kamal he was sexually inexperienced, Kamal responded: "don't worry ... we can work on all that ... Just caring and loving someone is important."

Both expressed concern about getting caught. Kamal asked if any of the boy's friends knew he was gay and communicating with older men. The agent posing as the boy responded that no one knew.

"I like that," Kamal wrote, "very discreet here too. I wish we were closer, so we could have discreet friendship and relationship." Asked if he was a police officer, Kamal responded, "nope. Just a cool dude who works in the media and has to be VERY DISCREET."

Members of a federal task force called LEACH, an acronym for Law Enforcement Against Child Harm, worked the case. The task force includes agents from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, deputies from the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and officers from the Fort Lauderdale and Miami-Dade police departments.

The undercover officer, Neil Spector, and lead investigator, Chris Harvey, also are involved in another high-profile child pornography case in South Florida.

Spector, of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, twice built child pornography cases against Kelly Ray Jones, of Fort Lauderdale. When the LEACH task force returned to arrest Jones' partner in August, Kenneth Wilk is alleged to have responded by opening fire with a hunting rifle, killing Broward Sheriff's Deputy Todd Fatta.

Wilk, 43, was indicted on a federal murder charge last week and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Fort Lauderdale. He could face the death penalty. Jones, 39, pleaded guilty last week to federal child pornography and witness tampering charges and is awaiting sentencing.

Jiménez said there was no connection between the two investigations.

Kamal twice has been stopped on suspicion of drinking and driving in Broward County.

And, in 1992, Kamal was abruptly fired from a television station in Washington, D.C., after working there for more than 11 years. No allegation of wrongdoing was made at the time.

[LiveDose]

It's amazing how many highly successful FREAKS there are in this world...

[brizzad]

[Alltopnotch]

eeewwww...

[Huggles]

Holy fuck

[enter »]

They've already taken his page down from the website. I had to google his name to see what the freak looked like. His pic is in the google cache but the page is gone.

[Steen2]

Sexped

[Phoenix]

damn...id like to see him pushed out of a helicopter about 200 miles out of the coast....if he can swim back..kudos..lol

seriously though...these cp cases represent an opportuntiy for our industry...if we could band togethr and get some official body to allow us to target these guys id bet we would have so many they wouldnt know who to prosecute first.

[SinSational]

Originally posted by LiveDose
It's amazing how many highly successful FREAKS there are in this world...

you don't even know. this guy i know is a pyschiatrist and he was telling us about one of his patients. this guy was some loaded CEO and his thing was to go in to public bathrooms and look for unflushed toilets and then beat off with other people's shit.
i guess it is safe to say that $$ doesn't solve all your problems.

[Lonny]

Originally posted by Steen2
Sexped

[WiredGuy]

Ouch! Hope he has a kick ass lawteam; he' will need it.
WG

[Alltopnotch]

if he can swim back...kudos...hahahahaha...

[KRL]

Originally posted by SinSational
you don't even know. this guy i know is a pyschiatrist and he was telling us about one of his patients. this guy was some loaded CEO and his thing was to go in to public bathrooms and look for unflushed toilets and then beat off with other people's shit.
i guess it is safe to say that $$ doesn't solve all your problems.

That's really fucking weird.

[Gynecologist]

This is just like the case where they caught that guy who developed Java. That was big news in Seattle a few years ago.

[Freakster]

sick crap.

[Babagirls]

another busted!

[nofx]

According to the affidavit, Kamal encountered someone he believed to be a sexually inexperienced, gay 14-year-old last Monday in an Internet chat room called "Boyzformen." He allegedly introduced himself as "Billy," writing, "hi, masc. lean ripped body, older looking 4 a son."

heh fuckin' sicko

[Gynecologist]

Hey Bill, what is this weekend's forecast?


"Bill Kamal's mug shot"

[SinSational]

Originally posted by KRL
That's really fucking weird.

yeah, tell me about it.

[brizzad]

Originally posted by SinSational
you don't even know. this guy i know is a pyschiatrist and he was telling us about one of his patients. this guy was some loaded CEO and his thing was to go in to public bathrooms and look for unflushed toilets and then beat off with other people's shit.
i guess it is safe to say that $$ doesn't solve all your problems.

isnt that illegal for him to tell you this stuff?

[SinSational]

Originally posted by brizzad
isnt that illegal for him to tell you this stuff?

yes.....he never gave us the patients name, so i think it might be ok?????

[BRISK]

The long term forcast calls for extended periods of being rammed up the ass by a guy named Bubba

[KRL]

Originally posted by BRISK
The long term forcast calls for extended periods of being rammed up the ass by a guy named Bubba

That's funny, but really sad. He was the most popular weatherman in Florida.

[Holly]

HOLY SHIT!!

I can't believe it.

[EscortBiz]

fucked up

these people are taking kids and destroying their life, I think its time to alert kids where they can report this stuff online or by phone, i think many dont want to go to their parents

[Jeff aka NIGHTfall]

[Jeff aka NIGHTfall]

... but seriously thats crazy... i live like 10mins from fort peirce

[SleazyDream]

lets see how big bad bubba likes his purty little white ass now

[Michaelious]

Those guys are just sick

[WWC]

Leather Man! not weather man...

[Webby]

Another one busted...


Only millions to go....

[eroswebmaster]

Originally posted by LiveDose
It's amazing how many highly successful FREAKS there are in this world...

It's also amazing how many people keep falling for the whole internet chat sting.

[kmanrox]

Originally posted by BRISK
The long term forcast calls for extended periods of being rammed up the ass by a guy named Bubba

he was busted for trying to ram his penis in a boy's ass.... i think he may LIKE being violated by Bubba

[Holly]

Here's another one with even more detail. The last sentence is especially nice:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...0014834.htm?1c



It took a police officer, posing online as a 14-year-old boy, two minutes to attract the interest of WSVN meteorologist Bill Kamal, federal law enforcement officials said Monday.

Oct. 18, 4 p.m.: St. Lucie County Sheriff's detective Neil W. Spector signs on to an America Online chatroom called ``Boyzformen.''

Oct. 18, 4:02 p.m.: Kamal, 47, using a sexually suggestive screen name, instant messages Spector that he's looking for a son to have sex with.

On Sunday, police officers followed Kamal from his Miami Beach condo to a convenience store parking lot in Fort Pierce, where he had arranged to meet his correspondent, and arrested him.

On Monday, Channel 7, owned and operated by Sunbeam Television, fired Kamal and ran the report as one of its lead stories.

''We have no other alternative but to dismiss Bill Kamal for cause,'' was all that Robert W. Leider, Channel 7 executive vice president and general manager, said.

U.S. Attorney Marcos Jimenez announced Kamal's arrest at a news conference Monday afternoon. He said Kamal was charged with child enticement, which carries punishment of five to 30 years in prison, although the charge could be changed by a grand jury indictment.

The announcement came a few hours after the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said Kamal would be charged there in state court with solicitation of a minor younger than 16, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. He is being held on $200,000 bail.

FEDERAL STING

Jimenez said Kamal's arrest was part of Operation Predator, a federal program led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that since July 2003 has made 168 arrests in Florida and 4,045 nationwide involving child pornography, enticement, sex trafficking of children and sexual abuse.

''We are seeing more and more of these cases. It's a real problem,'' said Jimenez, adding that the number of sexual predators in the country is surprising.

''They come from all walks of life. ... And as we've seen in this case it can even be the weather man,'' Jimenez said.

Kamal's attorney, Richard Geraci, could not be reached for comment.

Kamal, who has been with Channel 7 for a decade -- and who is known for his snazzy suits as well as for his nonstop hurricane coverage this summer -- was held overnight Sunday in the St. Lucie County Jail.

This morning he is scheduled to appear before a federal judge there.

Then a federal grand jury will decide if the case should go to trial.

According to the U.S. Attorney's affidavit, Kamal communicated by e-mail, instant messages and chatroom conversations.

He introduced himself to ''Billy'' by saying he's masculine, with a lean, ripped body, and that he was looking for a son to have sex with. He listed specific sex acts he desired.

He said he needed to be very discreet, adding, ``I could drive up there and meet you some weekend.''

Then Spector asked Kamal if he was a cop.

''Nope, just a cool dude who works in the media and has to be VERY DISCREET,'' Kamal allegedly wrote.

HISTORY OF TROUBLE

Within a few minutes of signing off, the affidavit says, Spector disguised his voice and called Kamal. Still portraying the 14-year-old, the officer said he'd meet Kamal back online in 20 minutes.

Sunday's arrest is not the first time Kamal has had trouble with the law.

Late last year he was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Police said they saw Kamal driving erratically in his black Jaguar -- the same car in which he traveled to Fort Pierce to meet ``Billy.''

He failed a sobriety test, clocking in at nearly twice the legal limit of .08, and served nine months probation, according to Broward County court records.

He also was arrested for DUI in 2000 in Broward County.

The charges were later reduced to reckless driving.

The U.S. Attorney's warrant for Kamal's arrest on the child enticement charge details a conversation that went on for almost a week between Kamal and the person he believed was a 14-year-old boy.

Several times Kamal expressed the need to be discreet, even as he offered that he worked on television and that his station was currently showing the World Series.

ARREST DETAILS

Officials realized they were dealing with a television personality on Oct. 21, according to the affidavit, when Spector received the billing information from AOL, naming the suspect as William D. Kamal, of Century Lane in Miami Beach. The next day Kamal again got in touch with ''Billy'' and told him, ``I wish you would have sent me a pic.''

A day later, saying ''I just want to give u a big hug,'' he arranged to meet ''Billy'' between 1:30 and 2 p.m., at Midway Road and Glades Cut Off in Fort Pierce.

On Sunday, officers watched Kamal emerge from his Beach condo and drive off in his Jaguar.

Aware of the planned meeting, the officers followed the weather man to Fort Pierce.

KAMAL'S REMARKS

After his arrest, law officials said Kamal told them that he communicated with ''Billy'' from his Miami Beach condo, on a laptop in a home he owns in Fort Lauderdale, and from Channel 7's studio.

Police said Kamal also told officers his laptop has about a dozen pictures of underaged children having sex with adults that he received by e-mail.

[NickB.]

Guys like that should be brought to a mall naked with a big sign next to them saying " I like little boys "

Public humiliation and a public man slaughter is what those kind of people need!

There's no solution for those problems, only one: death

[baddog]

Originally posted by SinSational
you don't even know. this guy i know is a pyschiatrist and he was telling us about one of his patients. this guy was some loaded CEO and his thing was to go in to public bathrooms and look for unflushed toilets and then beat off with other people's shit.
i guess it is safe to say that $$ doesn't solve all your problems.

hey, don't knock it if you never tried it

[adamneve]

Originally posted by Holly
Here's another one with even more detail. The last sentence is especially nice:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...0014834.htm?1c



It took a police officer, posing online as a 14-year-old boy, two minutes to attract the interest of WSVN meteorologist Bill Kamal, federal law enforcement officials said Monday.

Oct. 18, 4 p.m.: St. Lucie County Sheriff's detective Neil W. Spector signs on to an America Online chatroom called ``Boyzformen.''

Oct. 18, 4:02 p.m.: Kamal, 47, using a sexually suggestive screen name, instant messages Spector that he's looking for a son to have sex with.

On Sunday, police officers followed Kamal from his Miami Beach condo to a convenience store parking lot in Fort Pierce, where he had arranged to meet his correspondent, and arrested him.

On Monday, Channel 7, owned and operated by Sunbeam Television, fired Kamal and ran the report as one of its lead stories.

''We have no other alternative but to dismiss Bill Kamal for cause,'' was all that Robert W. Leider, Channel 7 executive vice president and general manager, said.

U.S. Attorney Marcos Jimenez announced Kamal's arrest at a news conference Monday afternoon. He said Kamal was charged with child enticement, which carries punishment of five to 30 years in prison, although the charge could be changed by a grand jury indictment.

The announcement came a few hours after the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said Kamal would be charged there in state court with solicitation of a minor younger than 16, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. He is being held on $200,000 bail.

FEDERAL STING

Jimenez said Kamal's arrest was part of Operation Predator, a federal program led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that since July 2003 has made 168 arrests in Florida and 4,045 nationwide involving child pornography, enticement, sex trafficking of children and sexual abuse.

''We are seeing more and more of these cases. It's a real problem,'' said Jimenez, adding that the number of sexual predators in the country is surprising.

''They come from all walks of life. ... And as we've seen in this case it can even be the weather man,'' Jimenez said.

Kamal's attorney, Richard Geraci, could not be reached for comment.

Kamal, who has been with Channel 7 for a decade -- and who is known for his snazzy suits as well as for his nonstop hurricane coverage this summer -- was held overnight Sunday in the St. Lucie County Jail.

This morning he is scheduled to appear before a federal judge there.

Then a federal grand jury will decide if the case should go to trial.

According to the U.S. Attorney's affidavit, Kamal communicated by e-mail, instant messages and chatroom conversations.

He introduced himself to ''Billy'' by saying he's masculine, with a lean, ripped body, and that he was looking for a son to have sex with. He listed specific sex acts he desired.

He said he needed to be very discreet, adding, ``I could drive up there and meet you some weekend.''

Then Spector asked Kamal if he was a cop.

''Nope, just a cool dude who works in the media and has to be VERY DISCREET,'' Kamal allegedly wrote.

HISTORY OF TROUBLE

Within a few minutes of signing off, the affidavit says, Spector disguised his voice and called Kamal. Still portraying the 14-year-old, the officer said he'd meet Kamal back online in 20 minutes.

Sunday's arrest is not the first time Kamal has had trouble with the law.

Late last year he was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Police said they saw Kamal driving erratically in his black Jaguar -- the same car in which he traveled to Fort Pierce to meet ``Billy.''

He failed a sobriety test, clocking in at nearly twice the legal limit of .08, and served nine months probation, according to Broward County court records.

He also was arrested for DUI in 2000 in Broward County.

The charges were later reduced to reckless driving.

The U.S. Attorney's warrant for Kamal's arrest on the child enticement charge details a conversation that went on for almost a week between Kamal and the person he believed was a 14-year-old boy.

Several times Kamal expressed the need to be discreet, even as he offered that he worked on television and that his station was currently showing the World Series.

ARREST DETAILS

Officials realized they were dealing with a television personality on Oct. 21, according to the affidavit, when Spector received the billing information from AOL, naming the suspect as William D. Kamal, of Century Lane in Miami Beach. The next day Kamal again got in touch with ''Billy'' and told him, ``I wish you would have sent me a pic.''

A day later, saying ''I just want to give u a big hug,'' he arranged to meet ''Billy'' between 1:30 and 2 p.m., at Midway Road and Glades Cut Off in Fort Pierce.

On Sunday, officers watched Kamal emerge from his Beach condo and drive off in his Jaguar.

Aware of the planned meeting, the officers followed the weather man to Fort Pierce.

KAMAL'S REMARKS

After his arrest, law officials said Kamal told them that he communicated with ''Billy'' from his Miami Beach condo, on a laptop in a home he owns in Fort Lauderdale, and from Channel 7's studio.

Police said Kamal also told officers his laptop has about a dozen pictures of underaged children having sex with adults that he received by e-mail.

[Shoehorn!]

That's fucked up. Shit like that definately deserves something more harsh than a prison sentence.

[FlyingIguana]

now he'll get all the dick he wants in jail