SEATTLE - A 59-year-old Washington state man face charges stemming from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement into allegations that he engaged in sexual conduct with underage girls in Cambodia.
ICE officials say in November of 2009, the Kent man responded to an ad on the Internet in which a Phnom Penh taxi driver advertised child prostitutes. In e-mails, the taxi driver and the suspect discussed the suspect's desire to have sex with girls about 12 years old.
ICE's investigation found that over the course of a week the suspect had sex multiple times with three different girls.
According to an affidavit, the suspect told ICE agents that he paid $3,000 when he arrived in Cambodia and had made two additional payments of $3,000 and $1,800 to a woman who operated the brothel. He also admitted to paying each girl $20 for allowing him to take sexually explicit photographs of them.
The CNP arrested Carr on Jan. 22 and he was escorted back to the United States by ICE.
"Pedophiles who believe they can escape the detection of law enforcement and travel overseas to commit heinous crimes against children should take note," said Leigh Winchell, special agent in charge of ICE's Office of Investigations. "ICE and its law enforcement partners around the globe will pursue those who subject children to this type of crime and bring them to justice."
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