Singer Fired from National Children's Museum
posted 3:15 pm Wed November 14, 2007 - Washington
The museum issued the statement at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said 49-year-old Singer was arrested at his home in Falls Church, Va., after he allegedly used his work computer to send explicit images to others - including an undercover New York City detective posing as a 33-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter.
Following Singer's arrest last Tuesday, the museum said in a statement that officials were "horrified" by the events.The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court said Singer used the screen name Badboy2at to initiate contact with the detective in a chat room. Singer sent the detective about 80 explicit images of child pornography from his work and home computers, the complaint said.
The images sent from Singer's museum computer depicted sexual acts between minors and adults, the complaint said. Singer also sent the detective two images with instructions to "just delete it when you are done."
Singer also exchanged images with other people while sending the pornography to the detective in August and September, the complaint said.
Singer was charged with five counts of distributing child pornography in interstate commerce. He was detained Tuesday pending a bail hearing later in the week. If convicted, he could face a prison term of up to 40 years on the most serious charges.
Latest Comment on Singer Fired from National Children's Museum
Lincolnia
6:00 pm on 11/20/07
I have mixed feelings on this one. First of all it is another case of entrapment where the goal of officials is to entrap one in a crime by encouraging one to commit a crime. Second Mr. Singer?s activities were nothing more than what you or I are presently doing ? sitting behind a computer. He and we are not physically touching, feeling, or offending anyone physically. There was no under age contact, he made no movies or pictures made by physically using under age persons. He was entrapped by sending pictures most anyone can find on the web, and encouraged by the undercover detective to send those pictures.
As I have previously read on a post: ?I recently saw Senator Jim Webb on a talk show. He pointed out that the United States has some 2-3 million citizens in jail, about the highest ratio of incarcerated citizens in the world.? May I add what is wrong with our system? We Americans live by more laws (federal, state, local) and threats of fines and incarceration than the citizens of all Communist countries combined. Proud to be an American??
If you don?t agree with me, I understand. So close up that solitaire game, quit doing dumb stuff on your computer, sign off this website and quit stealing your employer?s time, or you to may be fired, fined, and go to jail.
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