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Army Recruiter Arrested for Child Porn
Associated Press
November 23, 2007
JONESBORO, Ark. - Jonesboro police arrested an Army recruiter they saytried to solicit sex from a 16-year-old girl he met during a high
school visit.
Greggory John DeBoer, 28, is charged with felony possession of child
pornography, though police said he could soon face other charges. The
report did not state DeBoer's rank.
The girl said she met DeBoer during a recruiting trip to her school in
October and that the two began communicating by phone and the Internet
the following day, Jonesboro police detective Ernest Ward wrote in an
affidavit.
She said DeBoer asked her for photographs of herself, first clothed
and then nude, and later asked her several times to meet for sex, but
she refused, Ward wrote.
Police seized three computers and three cell phones during searches of
DeBoer's home and office, Ward said. Two of the phones and a laptop
computer were government property, he said.
The child pornography charge stems from a nude photograph of the girl
found on one of DeBoer's computers, police said.
DeBoer is due back in court in January, when he is expected to enter a
plea.
At his hearing Nov. 21, DeBoer said he planned to hire an attorney.
Jonesboro police Detective David McDaniel said Thursday he did not
know whether DeBoer had hired one.
If convicted, DeBoer could face five to 20 years in prison and a fine
of up to $15,000. A judge also issued a no-contact order on DeBoer,
preventing him from contacting the girl.
DeBoer told officers he had been in the Army for 9 1/2 years, two of
those in Jonesboro, Ward wrote. DeBoer is married and a father, and
has no prior criminal record, Ward said.
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