Fox Lake Man Sentenced In Facebook Predator Case

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 22, 2008 5:30PM

Where's Chris Hansen when you need him? Michael Macalindong, 25, was sentenced to 35 years in prison and supervision for the rest of his life upon release for using Facebook to lure teens for sex. Facebook claims it's the first time such a thing has happened at their site. The encounters began in August 2006:

...Macalindong posed as a girl online and told the 15-year-old Evanston victim "she" would have sex with him [the teen] if the boy first had sex with a male friend of "hers." Macalindong then posed as that friend and videotaped the encounter.

The encounters continued when Macalindong used nude photos of the teen to blackmail him into continuing the encounters. He was finally arrested in January 2007 after blackmailing the victim again, this time by threatening to post videos on the internet. In June, he pleaded guilty to eight counts of producing child porn, possession of child porn and attempted child enticement.