AUSTIN -- The Texas Attorney General has arrested five registered sex offenders who, the state said, were using MySpace.com. The social networking site that is popular with kids is a no-go zone for sex offenders and they are supposed to stay away from such Web sites.

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Daniel Trowbridge and Charles Cathey

On July 1, investigators arrested Daniel Louis Trowbridge, 47, in Seguin, for using the Internet in violation of his release terms. He was convicted in Travis County in 1980 for indecency with a child. His victim was an 11-year-old girl.

Other registered sex offenders arrested in the sweep include:

-- Charles Cathey, 52, of San Antonio. In 1988, Cathey was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a 7-year-old child and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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Scott Charles Spencer and Thomas Lyman Warren

-- Scott Charles Spencer, 39, arrested July 1 in Alvarado; convicted in Johnson County in 1990 for indecency with a child by sexual contact. His victim was a 12-year-old girl.

-- Thomas Lyman Warren, 64, arrested July 1 in Houston; convicted in Harris County in 1984 for injury to a child. His victim was two years old.

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Joel Wayne Jones

-- Joel Wayne Jones, 40, arrested July 2 in Port Arthur; convicted in Jefferson County in 1994 for indecency with a child by sexual contact. His victim was an 8-year-old girl.

In May, the Attorney General's office subpoenaed sex offenders' user profiles from MySpace.com. As a result, the network provided Abbott with data from Sentinel Safe, which MySpace hired to compile and verify its users.