Attorney General Patricia Madrid this week unveiled her office's new 56-page booklet, "Internet Safety Guide for Parents and Teens," about the dangers from online predators and how parents can protect their children and how teens can protect themselves, according to a news release from the Attorney General's Office.

Madrid cited a recent U.S. Justice Department survey of 10- to 17-year-olds that found that one in five children have received a sexual solicitation while on the Internet and that only about one-fourth of those told their parents about it, the release said.

The announcement occurred during the same week that a 41-year-old Albuquerque man was arrested on charges of attempted criminal sexual penetration, attempted criminal sexual contact of a minor and child luring, following an Internet chat session with an agent from the Attorney General's Office who posed online as a 14-year-old girl, according to the release.

Mathew Ward allegedly asked the "14-year-old" a series of sexually explicit questions and is accused of arranging a sexual encounter at an Albuquerque park the following day, the release said.

It was at Mary Fox Park in Albuquerque on Tuesday that Ward was arrested by Attorney General's Office agents with an assist from Albuquerque police officers and Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies, the release said.

To obtain a copy of the Internet Safety Guide, call the attorney general's Albuquerque office at (505) 222-9000 or in Santa Fe at (505) 827-6000 or go online at www.ago.state.nm.us.

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