In late December, I blogged about the on-line California Sexual Offender Registry, and the California criminal law making it a crime for a registered sex offender to "enter" the public web site. It turns out that the California state police have made their first arrest under the new criminal law: a registered sex offender used the website to try to contact other registered sex offenders for dates. The police found out about it when one of the persons he contacted reported the contact to his probation officer, who contacted the police. No word yet on whether the defendant plans to challenge the constitutionality of the law making it a crime to visit the website. (Hat tip: Howard)