Monday’s arrest of armed robbery suspect Gregory Allen Lund, 38, of Clifton, Colo., provides another example of Internet use for illicit purposes.

According to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney David Butler, Lund apparently met a woman from Village through the Internet and told her deceiving information about himself, including a story that he was employed as a federal law enforcement agent.

Lund held the woman and her daughter hostage inside the woman’s home on Monday. Deputies of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department were notified and responded to a domestic disturbanc...