Posted on 11/06/2006 9:04:53 AM PST by Froufrou
A prosecutor killed himself as police tried to serve him with an arrest warrant alleging he solicited sex with a minor, authorities said. Louis"Bill"Conradt Jr., 56, chief felony assistant district attorney for nearby Rockwall County and former district attorney in Kaufman County, died Sunday. Police forced their way into Conradt's Terrell home after hearing a gunshot when he refused to answer the door, a police spokesman said. The officers found Conradt with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and he later died at a hospital in Dallas, about 30 miles west of Terrell. Police in the town of Murphy, in nearby Collin County, said Conradt solicited sex from a decoy posing online as a 13-year-old, said Murphy Police Sgt. Snow Robertson. The Dallas Morning News reported that the warrant resulted from a sting operation conducted by Perverted Justice, an Internet watchdog group, and NBC's news magazine"Dateline."The sting lured men seeking sex with children to a house in Murphy; police said Conradt had not gone to the house but they believed he would. Murphy Mayor Bret Bishop told the newspaper that he hopes his town won't be used again as a trap for child predators.
"I think it's a noble cause, but our police department is hired to serve and protect our citizens, and not to expose them to outside threats,"Bishop said. Conradt was Kaufman County's elected district attorney for more than two decades before resigning in 2002 to run for a judgeship. He lost and later took the Rockwall County job.
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OK I'll ask.
Is he a Dem or a Rep?
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Hey man, nice shot.
DEM, the fact that they did not post it, made it likely he was a Democrat.
Was gonna meet some of his old friends had he stayed with us hehehehe.
Well, he saved a bunch of money for taxpayers.
He chose to shoot himself. He chose to try to have a tryst with a minor.
Those Dateline specials, along with local police departments, are saving many youngsters from people would do them harm. I fully support their continuance.
Well, he's dead, so I guess that makes him a Democrat voter.
Lord forgive me for that joke, and be with the Pygmies in New Guinnie, Amen.
At least he shot himself before going into a school and shooting kids.
Likewise:
posing online as a 13-year-old
This formulation is common when the minor is a boy.
Dems soliciting sex from underage boys? We got to keep that one quiet. Real quiet.
Why couldn't this have been in Durham, NC?
A reminder to all perverts: All 13-year-olds on the Internet are actually FBI Agents.
Am I a bad person for being disappointed that Ronny Earle wasn't mentioned in the article?
Good use of a firearm here
Since it was missing, I assumed........
Is Rockwall still voting 'RAT for county races? Amazing.
I gotta say, that's why I clicked the link!
I'm of two minds about those Dateline specials. It's obvious entrapment....but then the perps deserve it. I wonder, are the convictions resulting from these stings, holding up in court?
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