Posted on 09/18/2007 11:17:30 AM PDT by SubGeniusX
AN assistant US attorney from Florida has been arrested for allegedly flying to Michigan to have sex with a five-year-old girl.
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, Associated Press reported.
According to court documents, Atchison initiated the online chat on August 29. His correspondence with the detective lasted several weeks.
At one point, Atchison allegedly said: "I'm always gentle and loving; not to worry; no damage ever; no rough stuff ever ever".
He has been charged with using interstate communication to entice a minor to have sexual contact, and travelling 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, Associated Press reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
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.
It's evil.
Not this slimeball’s first rodeo, it seems?
Time to chop that thing off.
If Bush or the new attorney general fire the guy, the libs will start a round of hearings.
This is one sad sick depraved bastard. Any decent society would burn him att he stake...
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.”
Interesting that none of the stories mentions his political affiliation. Anyone know?
Too bad he’s not female. Then he could be Hillary’s AG.
How do you know he is a Dem?
Who appointed him? What party?
Phil Hendrie talked about this last night. He wished to
refer to the man as “It” not “he”.
He must be pretty small in more ways than one.
Sounds like he’s been at this awhile. A few trips to Thailand perhaps???
I wondered if he were a Democrat, since his party affiliation was not mentioned.
It’s just expected that dems are perverts.
So any existing “sexual orientation” laws there in Florida that might protect him?
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!
There seems to be a predisposition here that in Thailand such things are culturally or socially acceptable. I got news for you. There are not.
An American Expat in Southeast Asia
Tagging Killjoy and JimSEA to see if they might want to add their comments.
He’s been in that office since the late 80’s, but assistants aren’t appointed.
Sorry to burst you bubble but ....
from all that I've dug through ...
The only registered John Dave R Atchison (John David Roy Atchison)that I have found registered in Florida is a Republican from Gulf Breeze (Pensacola suburb) born in 1957, which fits the other information.
Where do you get your "facts" from?
David Rice Atchison, pro-slavery Democrat senator. Possible ancestor?
I wondered the same thing, Dem or Rep, who hired the guy and who are his “friends” in the office where he works?
I googled the evil animal. According to the trashy-looking site, The Fruit Fly, they’re gleeful that he’s a Republican:
...”In relation to his party affiliation, I found this particularly interesting blogger-dude who noted that Atchison’s boss, US Attorney Gregory Miller, was appointed by George W Bush and was proud of his apprehension of pedophiles in the state of Florida.
…He calls himself a family man.
Atchison’s party affiliation isn’t given, but his boss Miller is a GOPer who was doing such a good job Gonzo didn’t need to have him fired, his priorities are the Bush administration’s priorities. Every single one of these bizarre pedophiles turns out to be a Republican…so strange, what HAS happened to the Republican Party to produce such deviant behavior. Hmmmm. Then again, perhaps Mr. Atchison was so busy coaching kids playing sports in Gulf Breeze he didn’t have much time for politics.
He found a DKos link that connects Roy Atchison as a registered Republican:
He was a registered Republican according to records from the Florida Division of Elections which I purchase periodically.
(Unless there’s is another John David Roy Atchison in Gulf Breeze born in 1954.)
We tried to contact Michele Bachmann (R-MN 6-CD) and asked her if she was aware of the GOP Asst Attorney’s arrest and if she still believed that Gay Men and Women were the “True threat to the American Family”
Just wait til they publish his email/web/ travel records...
Born in 1957 and is 53? Doesn’t add up.
You do realize that simple fact will shorten this Thread by at least 200+ posts ...
Unfortunately in it’s lust for power the GOP has allowed itself to become infected with the worst dregs of mankind.
I read somewhere that if you know any men who like to travel alone to places like Cambodia and VietNam, odds are they are into child sex. Thailand too.
Thankfully I don’t know anyone like that..
Married? Children? His behavior has to be a shock to them. I haven't seen anything about how much money was supposed to change hands for this. I guess they won't release that kind of detail until a trial.
This makes one wonder how many of these go on without having an undercover officer at one end. Must be a lot of dangerous people out there corrupting children.
sorry 1954
“none of the stories mentions his political affiliation” = DEMOCRAT
But you really knew that, didn’t you?
too bad Bush can;’t fire him huh?
: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.
ZabaSearch turns up a John R Atchison in Gulf Breeze born in August 1954.
“There seems to be a predisposition here that in Thailand such things are culturally or socially acceptable. I got news for you. There are not.”
I don’t believe selling children for sex is
socially accepted in Thailand (or SE Asia in general), or anywhere else, but they are known for having a
child-sex industry.
Yeah, I hate guilt by association; but I’ll admit to some involuntary (and inappropriate) disappointment, a sort of schadenfreude interuptus.
I hope you don't mind.... >>ahem<<...
“deeply saddened’
I can’t decide whether to title my next book (the one about how mourning has replaced resolve, yellow ribbons replaced battle flags, and sadness replaced outrage), The Death of Outrage or From Victims to Wimps to Slaves.
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.
oh-oh, just read the rest of the posts... :-(
My bad.
AAahhh, they’re deeply saddened. They must all be democrats.
One of those fundamental FR lessons: It always pays to read the entire thread before posting.
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