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Prosecutor held in child sex case
By Times Staff Writer
Published September 18, 2007
TALLAHASSEE An assistant U.S. attorney was arrested in an Internet sting operation after flying to Michigan to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Monday. John D.R. Atchison, 53, appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit on a charge of interstate travel to have sex with a minor. He is a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office for northern Florida, based in Tallahassee. The arrest followed several weeks of Internet conversations between the prosecutor and a detective posing as the mother of a 5-year-old girl, authorities say. Atchison is charged with using interstate communication to entice a minor to have sexual contact and with traveling across state lines with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual contact. The charges carry a possible sentence of up to 30 years. The Gulf Breeze resident was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Court records say Atchison initiated an online chat Aug. 29 with an officer posing as a mother interested in letting men have sex with her daughter. Atchison asked for a court-appointed lawyer.
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by pj
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09/18/07 08:44 AM
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Who is sick enought to want to have sex with a 5YO??? Loss of his job, pension and a long jail term to keep him away from the public is necessary!
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by joe
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09/18/07 08:34 AM
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Give him the MAX
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by Paul
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09/18/07 05:31 AM
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unbelievable!
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