Arrests. Prison time. Public Shame.

You'd think on-line predators would think twice about trying to entice children to meet them for sex. That's not the case.

"They're thinking that, 'Nah, I'm not going to get caught,'" said Chris Duque.

Duque is a former HPD detective who specialized in internet crimes Now he surfs chat rooms in live seminars, showing parents how widespread online enticement is. His last presentation was last Friday.

"Within five minutes I was engaged with about a dozen individuals who thought I was a 14-year-old girl," Duque said.

Some predators play the odds. Others are are driven by desire.

"I think there's another group of people that can't stop themselves," Deputy Attorney General Albert Cook said. "They've indulged to the point that even though they know the consequences, they still feel compelled to do this."

Cook said computer predators believe they'll slip through the cracks in cyberspace, eluding officers posing as minors.

"Based upon the limited number of people we have it is surprising how many people we catch," he said.

The Internet Crimes Against Children task force could use more bodies and help from a bill now before the governor.

"Anyone convicted of electronic enticement of a child in the first degree would be sentenced to an open ten-year prison term," Cook said.

There would be no probation.

Eric Shiroma is the latest person arrested and suspected of trying to entice a child for sex.

The frightening fact is he won't be the last.

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