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US attorney 'sought sex with five-year-old girl'(Florida)
news.au.com ^ | September 18, 2007 | by Staff Writers

Posted on 09/18/2007 11:17:30 AM PDT by SubGeniusX

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Feds: Prosecutor Sought Sex With Girl, 5
By DAVID N. GOODMAN

An assistant U.S. attorney from Florida 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, was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after several weeks of Internet conversations between the prosecutor and a detective posing as the mother of a 5-year-old girl, authorities say.

"There wasn't much reaction from him at all," Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said. Atchison was cooperative with authorities, he said.

He was charged with using interstate communication to entice a minor to have sexual contact and traveling across state lines with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual contact. If convicted of both charges, he faces up to 40 years in prison.

According to court records, Atchison initiated an online chat Aug. 29 with an undercover officer posing as a mother interested in letting men have sex with her daughter.

At one point, Atchison said: "I'm always gentle and loving; not to worry; no damage ever; no rough stuff ever ever," according to an affidavit filed in court.

Atchison, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., is a prosecutor for the U.S. attorney's office for northern Florida, based in Tallahassee. He requested a court-appointed lawyer at his hearing Monday.

1 posted on 09/18/2007 11:17:33 AM PDT by SubGeniusX
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To: SubGeniusX
Before someone says it, this is not "sick."

It's evil.

2 posted on 09/18/2007 11:18:53 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus (CAIR delende est.)
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To: SubGeniusX

Not this slimeball’s first rodeo, it seems?


3 posted on 09/18/2007 11:20:21 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: SubGeniusX

Time to chop that thing off.


4 posted on 09/18/2007 11:21:08 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: SubGeniusX

If Bush or the new attorney general fire the guy, the libs will start a round of hearings.


6 posted on 09/18/2007 11:22:25 AM PDT by capt. norm (Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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To: SubGeniusX
John D.R. Atchison, 53, was arrested after he participated in internet conversatons with a detective posing as a mother who was interested in letting men have sex with her young daughter

This is one sad sick depraved bastard. Any decent society would burn him att he stake...

7 posted on 09/18/2007 11:25:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: SubGeniusX
I have searched high and low and I cannot find one newspaper story or media report that states the FACT that this predator is a DEMOCRAT. EVERY news account of Sen. Craig’s high crime of “toe tapping” was replete with the word
REPUBLICAN. Does anyone on this site ever write op-eds or letters to the editor to reveal their gross bias and deliberate sins of omission? You cannot expect to win America back by sitting on your Freeper asses and doing nothing but talking to each other. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke
8 posted on 09/18/2007 11:26:26 AM PDT by Binstence (Live Freep or Die)
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From - United States Attorney's Office Northern District of Florida website:

STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY: ARREST OF ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY J.D. ROY ATCHISON

Pensacola, Florida - Gregory R. Miller, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, makes the following statement in response to the arrest of Assistant United States Attorney J.D. Roy Atchison in Detroit on Sunday, September 16:

“The employees of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida are deeply saddened by the arrest of federal civil attorney J.D. Roy Atchison. Investigations and prosecutions of this nature are both sensitive and difficult. Our office is fully cooperating with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Macomb County (Michigan) as they continue their work on this case. We have confidence in the integrity of the work these law enforcers and prosecutors are doing, and believe that in the end, justice will be served. We are, of course, concerned about the welfare of Mr. Atchison’s family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them. The men and women of the United States Attorney’s Office are true professionals – in every sense of the word. The public can be assured they are doing the work of the nation’s law firm with excellence, dedicated to ably serving the people of this District.”

9 posted on 09/18/2007 11:27:00 AM PDT by SubGeniusX ($29.95 Guarantees Your Salvation!!! Or TRIPLE Your Money Back!!!)
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To: Rummyfan
Did you notice the picture in the article? The guy is wearing body armor! I'm sure they didn't want someone getting the chance to shoot him on his way into court.

Interesting that none of the stories mentions his political affiliation. Anyone know?

10 posted on 09/18/2007 11:27:02 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SubGeniusX

Too bad he’s not female. Then he could be Hillary’s AG.


11 posted on 09/18/2007 11:27:12 AM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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To: Binstence

How do you know he is a Dem?


12 posted on 09/18/2007 11:27:53 AM PDT by SubGeniusX ($29.95 Guarantees Your Salvation!!! Or TRIPLE Your Money Back!!!)
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To: SubGeniusX

Who appointed him? What party?


13 posted on 09/18/2007 11:28:32 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: mikeus_maximus

Phil Hendrie talked about this last night. He wished to
refer to the man as “It” not “he”.


14 posted on 09/18/2007 11:31:00 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: SubGeniusX

He must be pretty small in more ways than one.


15 posted on 09/18/2007 11:31:08 AM PDT by jesseam (Been there and done that!)
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To: TexasCajun

Sounds like he’s been at this awhile. A few trips to Thailand perhaps???


16 posted on 09/18/2007 11:31:43 AM PDT by biscuit jane ( type-o, grammar and spelling not guaranteed)
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To: Binstence

I wondered if he were a Democrat, since his party affiliation was not mentioned.


17 posted on 09/18/2007 11:32:32 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Binstence

It’s just expected that dems are perverts.


18 posted on 09/18/2007 11:34:49 AM PDT by mimaw
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To: SubGeniusX

So any existing “sexual orientation” laws there in Florida that might protect him?


19 posted on 09/18/2007 11:38:29 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: SubGeniusX
John D.R. Atchison


20 posted on 09/18/2007 11:39:03 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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