Wow! This looks bad for this guys career...

[Murph]

Since I am a sex crimes investigator, this is despicable, truely despicable:

ClickOnDetroit.com

Federal Prosecutor Arrested In Child Sex Sting

DETROIT -- A U.S. Justice Department official has been arrested on suspicion of traveling to Detroit over the weekend to have sex with a minor.

John David R. Atchison, 53, an assistant U.S. attorney from the northern district of Florida, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Detroit Monday afternoon.

An undercover officer posed as a mother offering her child to Atchison for sex, according to police.

Prosecutors said Atchison flew from Pensacola, Fla., to Detroit on Sunday intending to have sex with the 5-year-old girl.

He was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

He is charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.

According to authorities, Atchison made contact with a detective working undercover for the Macomb County Sheriff's department's.

The detective, acting as the child's mother, allegedly arranged a sexual encounter between Atchison and her 5-year-old daughter, police said.

In deposition, detectives said Atchison suggested the mother tell her daughter that "you found her a sweet boyfriend who will bring her presents."

The undercover detective expressed concern about physical injury to the 5-year-old girl as a result of the sexual activity. Detectives said Atchison responded, " I am always gentle and loving; not to worry, no damage ever, no rough stuff ever. I only like it soft and nice."

The undercover detective asked how Atchison can be certain of no injury. He responded, "Just gotta go slow and very easy. I've done it plenty," according to detectives.

Atchison, a member of the Florida bar association since 1984, lives in Gulf Breeze, Fla., near Pensacola.

He is president of the Gulf Breeze Sports Association, a youth athletics organization.

He described himself online as a family man. His wife is a science teacher at Gulf Breeze High School.

The Macomb County Sheriff's Department and the FBI were a part of the investigation.

Atchison remains in federal custody and a detention hearing will be held on Tuesday.


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[lhdvies]

Get a rope! Crude maybe, but this is the worst!!!

[Steelsun]

Just let him out on bond for free.

But alert the public a hour before his release and let it be know that no police will be within 10 miles.

Should solve the problem.

[Michelle Allmon]

Death To Him! Death! Death!

[pippin]

*sigh*

[epoh]

I read that earlier. Why don't we castrate sickos again?

[iCe]

They've got alligators in Florida. Use them. Slowly. With intent to inflict intense pain.

[TheObiJuan]

That's just freakin' disgusting.
I watch MSNBC's "To Catch A Predator" and see our society's worst; I really feel for parents.

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by epoh

I read that earlier. Why don't we castrate sickos again?

Because doing so would risk harming those who actually didn't do anything but were falsely accused and railroaded by an overzealous D.A. running for reelection. Just look at the convicted people who have been exonerated by DNA evidence years later.

[fivegrand]

Originally Posted by epoh

I read that earlier. Why don't we castrate sickos again?

If my great-grandmother were alive, she'd say to "nail his b***s to the side of a barn, give him a butter knife, and set the barn on fire."

I can't say that I disagree.

[Steelsun]

Naah. Make it a spoon. A Plastic Spoon.