The Judiciary Committee heard testimony March 10 on a bill that would change provisions of the state\u2019s criminal child enticement law.<\/p>\n
Under LB665, introduced by Sen. Pete Pirsch of Omaha, a person could not solicit, coax, entice, lure or attempt to solicit, coax, entice or lure any child under the age of 14 to enter a place intending to seclude him or her from a parent, guardian, legal custodian or the general public, whether or not the person knows the age of the child.<\/p>\n
Current law only prohibits luring a child into a vehicle.<\/p>\n
A person who violates the bill could be guilty of a Class IIIA felony. If such person previously has been convicted of criminal child enticement, assault or sexual assault of a child, kidnapping or false imprisonment of a victim younger than 18, he or she could be guilty of a Class III felony.<\/p>\n
This bill seeks to prevent people from enticing children away from guardians or the general public, Pirsch said, adding that enticement is a danger that exists in our community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not sure that there is a greater fear that a parent has than their children coming up missing,\u201d Pirsch said.<\/p>\n
Marty Conboy of the Nebraska County Attorneys Association testified in support of the bill, saying three local instances of child enticement have occurred in the past year.<\/p>\n
Conboy described an Omaha case involving a man who attempted to entice two young girls into nearby bushes. Because he had not attempted to lure them into a vehicle, he said, police could not charge the man with child enticement.<\/p>\n
No opposition testimony was given and the committee took no immediate action on the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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