when it comes to our sex lives the government makes a big deal out of nothing and ruins people lives Original Article Details released in child sex case arrest Student caught by Tucson TV station by Brian Indrelunas published on Monday, November 14, 2005 An ASU student arrested last week masturbated on a Web cam for and set up a meeting with what he thought was a 12-year-old girl, those involved in a Tucson TV station's investigation said. Jed Daniel Poulsen, 22, was arrested in Arizona City, Ariz., last Monday based on information turned over to police by KVOA Channel 4 in Tucson and Perverted-Justice.com. Volunteers for the Web site regularly pose as minors to expose online predators. KVOA partnered with the site after seeing similar stories in other cities, said Assistant News Director Brad Stone. "It's been pretty successful in other markets in getting people off the street," Stone said. A staff member from the site who refers to herself as Tyrone was one of the people posing as Tucson youngsters. Tyrone, who did not use her real name for security reasons, described Poulsen's contact with the supposed minor based on chat transcripts. Tyrone said Poulsen contacted the supposed minor in Yahoo's Southwest Teen chat room Sept. 25 and offered to perform sexual acts within the first hour of the conversation. "On the first night, he invited her to view his Web cam, and the first images were of himself, naked, stroking his penis," she added. She added that Poulsen had a phone conversation with an adult Perverted-Justice.com staffer with a childlike voice as he prepared a meeting. When he showed up at the meeting place Oct. 15, Poulsen found KVOA crime reporter Lupita Murillo. Of the 162 men who contacted Perverted-Justice.com staffers during the investigation, nearly 20 tried to set up a meeting with what they thought was a child, Murillo said. "I couldn't believe that this many people were on the Internet trolling for young girls," she said. Videotape from Poulsen's visit to the house was aired Thursday night. "Why do people like you do stuff like this?" Murillo asked Poulsen in the report. "I can talk to younger people better than I can talk to people my own age," he said. As of Sunday, Poulsen was being held on $20,000 bond in a Pinal County jail. Poulsen will be arraigned there Nov. 18 if he is not transferred to a Pima County jail, said Michael Minter, spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. Officials from ASU Student Judicial Affairs, which would handle any on-campus disciplinary action, did not return calls for comment Thursday. Poulsen's mother, Sandra Poulsen, declined to comment. Reach the reporter at brian.indrelunas@asu.edu.