Posted on 04/05/2006 9:32:33 AM PDT by The SISU kid
A deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was charged with using a computer to seduce a child after authorities said he struck up sexual conversations with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl.
Brian J. Doyle, 55, the fourth-ranking official in the department's public affairs office, was expected to appear in court Wednesday afternoon in Maryland and also to be placed on administrative leave.
"He said last night that he was going to waive extradition. If he does that, we may have him back by the end of the week," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday. "He could get to court today and some lawyer may say 'no, you don't want to do that.' The bottom line is we don't know when he's coming back."
Authorities arrested Doyle on Tuesday at his Silver Spring, Md., home as he was online with the "girl." The undercover detective had called Doyle at work and said she got a Web camera, as he had asked her to do, and wanted to test it out, said Carrie Rodgers, Polk County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. "He said he would get on the computer when he got home from work so we knew he would be on," Rodgers said. "When (police) went to his door, he was on the computer in the middle of a conversation with the girl."
White House press secretary Scott McClellan called it "a very serious matter."
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How did this guy get into the DHS?
Granted, the fellow is a fool and a dirtbag.
But strictly speaking I do not see where he used a computer to seduce a child.
Looks to me like he used a computer to seduce a detective.
Sexual tastes aside, do we really want people this stupid making decisions?
The DUmmies are salivating over this. I'd love it if this perv turned out to be a RAT.
In this new cyber crime world....You think the crime, you do the time!
Looks to me like he used a computer to seduce a detective.
And maybe next time, he'll use a computer to seduce a band of vigilantes that will know what to do with his sorry ass when he shows up for a "date".
I'm curious what crime was committed? Flirting with a role playing detective?
You're in the wrong place for excuse making my friend.
Ever wonder the fun you could have with a computer and a baseball bat.
Does anyone know if this guy was an appointee vs. a civil service hire?
I know he doesn't show up in a cursory fec.gov search.
By that reasoning, an arrest of a drug dealer for "sale" to an undercover agent would be thrown out, because it wasn't a real sale.
Very sharp observation, Scott. You must be a higher-ranking, higher-paid PR flack than Doyle.
Thoughcrime. Doubleplusungood.
Gee, what a BIG disappointment that he got caught before actually molesting a child!!!
Wouldn't want that to happen now, would we?
The freak is lucky it was the police and not the parents who caught his sorry ass.
What if he had fake drugs?
Where do you think stupid people go for jobs, if they're not on welfare? See my tagline.
If he had fake drugs, that would mean that there was no INTENT on his part to sell drugs, and there would be no crime (unless there is a law against selling fake drugs, of course). It all comes down to the intent of the perp.
There must be lots of stupid people in the capital cities all over the country!!
It wouldn't be illegal to attempt to sell fake drugs?
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