Seattle police catch CA man seeking sex with children

A sex offender in Los Angeles sent emails and child
pornography to a Seattle man looking to have sex with his
teenage daughter.

What the California man didn’t realize was that the
recipient was a member of the Seattle Police
Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.

In March, SPD’s Detective Tye Holland posted an ad on a
website “known for child porn or having people that
victimize kids,” that offered up his fake teenage
daughter.

Police say the man’s email reply read, “I’m in to kids, so
if you have kids you want to whore out, let me know.”

The two exchanged about 150 emails and the investigation
ramped up when police learned the California man was a
registered sex offender.

Holland contact the Los Angeles Police Department
detectives who arrested the man for attempted rape of a
child and distribution of child pornography.

“The sad thing is, there is no shortage of people that
will victimize children if given the chance,” Det.
Holland said. “I could do these cases every single day.
There’s that much work out there, and there’s that much
need.”

The Seattle Police Department wants to remind us that
April is National Child Abuse Prevention month.

As a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit
unit, Holland said, “There’s a constant feeling that
there’s more you can do. I’m busy every single day going
after these guys.”