Wow, that's terrible

I'd post something funny, except there is nothing funny about this...

Pervert...he should be charged as s sex offender. I was going to take my kids to the library this afternoon, I'm glad I didn't

ya know, 17 years old? really, if he's old enough to drive himself there, he should be old enough to have his name and picture given so the parents of younger children can know who he is!

how do we know he was being a sex offender?

what was he doing masturbating in the children's section of the library?? Thinking about children, public place, hello, that screams sex offender!

In the first place, he was/is too old to be using the "children section' of the library! AND, just what was he watching when using the computer and mastrubating?

Does it really matter what he was watching?? If he exposed himself to children, that makes it a sex crime!! Sick freak!!

Not sure, but I think the question was asked because does the library have blocking on for certain websites on the internet or can you go to website. If there are no blockers that's a problem for those using the library's computers.

He may have been using the computer as a ruse in order to watch the children...and do what he was doing.

WOW!! THIS IS WILD!

What this young man did is gross but as Nancy pointed out maybe he does have a mental illness and doesn't know right from wrong. As for the people saying he should be registered as a sex offender, he was not convicted of a sex crime only charged with one, unless the case goes to court and he is found guilty he does not have to register.

What a creep

SUSAN............who said or assumed that he was in the library alone? Perhaps he was accompanied by a parent or someone responsible for him and they were 'upstairs' assuming he'd be fine for a little while. From what I've recently seen, even with supposidly 'normal' children, their parents are not always that 'responsible' in keeping track of what their children are doing even when near by. Check out the way some let their little girls dress up in what my teenage daughter used to call 'slut clothes' when she was young. This old woman is oft' times appalled at what is allowed.

I'm far from being a prude nor am I an expert on child rearing, Susan, and even with your vast experience working with mentally disturbed children....nobody is always right or wrong and not all people caring for the mentally disturbed are diligent...as is evidenced daily.

It's just so wrong and sad. Glad he was arrested however. Something is really wrong with that guy.

THIS JUST BLOWS MY MIND!

I bet he was reading "Hop On Pop"!

I really feel sorry for this teenage boy. He was probably confused and thought he was at the Please Touch Museum.

i just think he should not be called a sex offender. NOBODY but the police know what he was looking at.

I agree with Nancy!

Wow! What s next? You can t even go to the library without being concerned "weird things" can happen here. Really? I realize this can happen "anywhere" in this crazy world anymore but....a library??? Sad. Good idea to never leave your child alone there(even if they are @ an age that they can be left to research or study there.) Hope this kid gets help and is further banned from our library.