[SubGeniusX]

Also related article on Townhall.com

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.

[mikeus_maximus]

Before someone says it, this is not "sick."

It's evil.

[TexasCajun]

Not this slimeball’s first rodeo, it seems?

[Still Thinking]

Time to chop that thing off.

[capt. norm]

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

[Rummyfan]

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...

[Binstence]

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

[SubGeniusX]

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.”

[madprof98]

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

[ozzymandus]

Who appointed him? What party?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

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

[johnny7]

John D.R. Atchison

[biscuit jane]

A prosecutor in his own coop as a child-sex perv,face to face with the same guys he’s prosecuted over the years .

Probably get protective custody— oops left his cell open!

[cripplecreek]

"I'm always gentle and loving; not to worry; no damage ever; no rough stuff ever ever,"

A real saint. I'll bet he uses it in his defense too.

[Joiseydude]

He’s been in that office since the late 80’s, but assistants aren’t appointed.

[cynwoody]

David Rice Atchison, pro-slavery Democrat senator. Possible ancestor?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"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. How many other poor children has this depraved bastard violated?

[GeronL]

too bad Bush can;’t fire him huh?

[gcruse]

:He requested a court-appointed lawyer:

LOL This guy isn’t sick, he’s stupid. And yet, he’s a federal attorney. Not sure which is scarier, the thought of him going after five year-olds or him prosecuting anybody else.

[from occupied ga]

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

Evil and not to mention STUPID. Don't these creeps read the papers or look at the on line news? There are probably 50 on-line law enforcement stings trolling for creeps for each "legitimate" ho that wants to sell her kid. These guys would be better off moving to MA. Any group of people that repeatedly elects Barney Frank to Kongress has got to have a lot of sexual deviants in the voting population.

[VOA]

Surely I missed it. But ususally you can at least find a C.V. or
“appointment”/”hired”/”promotion” article on a lawyer of this type.

Maybe he’s just a low-key, non-partisan pedophile.
Regardless of his party affiliation (or lack thereof), if he’s convincingly
convicted...he’ll probably not be long for this world...if in the general
prison population.

Here’a a few links I dredged up...

STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY:
ARREST OF ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY J.D. ROY ATCHISON
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fln/press%20releases/2007/sep/atchison.html

Leadership Profiles on Demand
http://www.leadershipprofiles.com/preview.asp?docid=123566&t=0

Feds: Prosecutor Sought Sex With Girl, 5
http://www.starbanner.com/article/20070917/APA/709170948&template=storydetails

FOXNEWS.COM HOME > U.S.
U.S. Prosecutor Accused of Seeking Sex With Girl, 5
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297152,00.html