http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/10/washington_man_caught_amtrak_i.html
Washington man caught Amtrak in hopes of having sex with two boys in Portland
"A Shoreline, Wash., man named James E. Eggleston was trolling a back-channel Internet site in 2008 when he came across what purported to be a fellow pedophile in Portland.
The two men planned for Eggleston to come to Portland so they could both molest the man's sons, ages 3 and 5. Eggleston caught the Amtrak and checked into a Quality Inn. He brought candy, coloring books and an assortment of sex toys.
On March 14, 2008, Eggleston was arrested at the inn...."
and
"....U.S. District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty sentenced the 61-year-old Eggleston this morning to 16 years in prison for crossing state lines to have sex with children.....
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http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1010/101004portland.htm
"James E. Eggleston, 61, of Shoreline, Wash., had been employed as a patient service specialist at a Seattle-area hospital. He pleaded guilty in July to one count of interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
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What this man did is reprehensible and disgusting. I do not buy into the argument that he should be lightly punished as their was no "real" child waiting at the hotel. It was a sting. However, I'm having a real difficult time with the discrepancy of this sentence and the one covered below.
In Eggleston's 2008 arrest, he travelled 209 miles south to Portland to have sex with boys under the guise of a sting. In the case below, Rasmussen traveled 300 miles north to a suburb of Portland in 2008 to have sex with little girls also under the guise of a sting. Both carried sex toys and "supplies".
Both pleaded guilty. Why did one man get 60 days (he was released early too) and one get 16 years? Is it strictly because of the crossing of state lines? And why the tremendously long wait between arrest and sentence for Eggleston? Rasmussen has long since served his time and been released.
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/04/medford_man_sentenced_in_onlin.html
Medford [OR] man sentenced in online sex sting
April 3, 2009
"A Clackamas County [OR] judge sentenced a Medford travel agency owner and civic leader today to 60 days in jail and ordered him to enter a treatment program for sex offenders.
Kelly Ray Rasmussen, 48, also was sentenced to five years of probation and must have no unauthorized contact with minors.
Rasmussen pleaded guilty in February to online sexual corruption of a child. He was arrested last fall [Oct. 2008] after setting up a meeting in Clackamas County with a fictitious 13-year-old girl. Prior to that, he had tried to arrange a meeting with an 11-year-old girl. In both cases, a police officer pretended to be the girl......"
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Washington man caught Amtrak in hopes of having sex with two boys in Portland
"A Shoreline, Wash., man named James E. Eggleston was trolling a back-channel Internet site in 2008 when he came across what purported to be a fellow pedophile in Portland.
The two men planned for Eggleston to come to Portland so they could both molest the man's sons, ages 3 and 5. Eggleston caught the Amtrak and checked into a Quality Inn. He brought candy, coloring books and an assortment of sex toys.
On March 14, 2008, Eggleston was arrested at the inn...."
and
"....U.S. District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty sentenced the 61-year-old Eggleston this morning to 16 years in prison for crossing state lines to have sex with children.....
more at link
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1010/101004portland.htm
"James E. Eggleston, 61, of Shoreline, Wash., had been employed as a patient service specialist at a Seattle-area hospital. He pleaded guilty in July to one count of interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
more at link
What this man did is reprehensible and disgusting. I do not buy into the argument that he should be lightly punished as their was no "real" child waiting at the hotel. It was a sting. However, I'm having a real difficult time with the discrepancy of this sentence and the one covered below.
In Eggleston's 2008 arrest, he travelled 209 miles south to Portland to have sex with boys under the guise of a sting. In the case below, Rasmussen traveled 300 miles north to a suburb of Portland in 2008 to have sex with little girls also under the guise of a sting. Both carried sex toys and "supplies".
Both pleaded guilty. Why did one man get 60 days (he was released early too) and one get 16 years? Is it strictly because of the crossing of state lines? And why the tremendously long wait between arrest and sentence for Eggleston? Rasmussen has long since served his time and been released.
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/04/medford_man_sentenced_in_onlin.html
Medford [OR] man sentenced in online sex sting
April 3, 2009
"A Clackamas County [OR] judge sentenced a Medford travel agency owner and civic leader today to 60 days in jail and ordered him to enter a treatment program for sex offenders.
Kelly Ray Rasmussen, 48, also was sentenced to five years of probation and must have no unauthorized contact with minors.
Rasmussen pleaded guilty in February to online sexual corruption of a child. He was arrested last fall [Oct. 2008] after setting up a meeting in Clackamas County with a fictitious 13-year-old girl. Prior to that, he had tried to arrange a meeting with an 11-year-old girl. In both cases, a police officer pretended to be the girl......"
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