John D.R. Atchison

Associated Press – October 6, 2007:

A federal prosecutor from Florida accused of flying to Detroit last month to molest a 5-year-old girl committed suicide in his cell Friday in federal prison, authorities said.

Atchison, 53, was arrested last month at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after weeks of Internet conversations between the prosecutor and a detective posing as the mother of a 5-year-old girl, authorities have said.

He was carrying presents for the girl, including a doll and hoop earrings, and also had sexual materials, including petroleum jelly.

Ewww!



  1. Li says:

    This seems very convenient. Given that child-rapers tend to gravitate towards positions of power and authority, due to the foolish tendency of men to place trust in people solely due to their power, and the well known pack behavior of these people, how many other high officials are in his ring? I wonder.

  2. barovelli says:


    “No trial, no reports to file”

    – Dirty Harry

  3. Mikey Twit says:

    Good bye and good riddance!!!

  4. Major Jizz says:

    Good riddance, and may a thousand raccoons jizz on his corpse!

  5. Cinaedh says:

    There are 8 Million Ways to Die in the Big City and I don’t care which one happened to this guy.

  6. Jägermeister says:

    I wish all pedophiles took the same cost saving route…

    #2 – barovelli

    I have no problem with Dirty Harry’s approach…as long as it’s not innocent folks… 😉

  7. OvenMaster says:

    Drat. Where’s Dateline when you really need it?

  8. Jerk-Face says:

    6. “I wish all pedophiles took the same cost saving route”

    And we wouldn’t have any Republicans left either!

  9. Awake says:

    FWIW…

    (Published 2 weeks ago)

    Atchison now stands alongside Washington Times Human Resources Chief Randall Casseday, GOP political consultant Carey Lee Cramer, the Department of Homeland Security’s head of Operation Predator (designed to stop child molesters) Frank Figueroa, and the Deputy Press Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security Brian J. Doyle — among many, many, many other Republicans.

    Republicans… drop your heads in shame.

  10. Greymoon says:

    Guess he didn’t like the Group W bench. Why can’t these guys get some tazer action by Cowboy Cops?

  11. JimR says:

    #9, don’t forget all the christian priests he stands alongside as well.

  12. Tom says:

    So now we’re celebrating suicides…

  13. TIHZ_HO says:

    #12 Celebrating the choice to suicide or not.

    I also wonder if any of the cases he was involved with will be re-opened because of this.

    Cheers

  14. Jerk-Face says:

    12. “So now we’re celebrating suicides… ”

    Agreed, as we all know the world would be a much better place with him in it, with his vasline covered cock being rammed up a five year old’s ass.

    BTW, that was sarcasim. I don’t know what Tom is thinking, but I’m glad he’s dead. Real glad.

  15. OmarTheAlien says:

    Let’s not forget this creep offed himself because his perversions went public, not over remorse, especially as how there was no little five year old girl to begin with. The real creepy part is that the under the covers cop spent weeks reeling this pathetic wannabe predator in. Can you imagine the conversations? And how does one go about setting up such a sting? And more importantly; why?
    This guy wasn’t stalking the schoolyards looking for prey, he was looking for easy meat, and our government, in it’s wisdom, offered it to him. I do not condone, defend nor grieve him, but I do wonder over the rationale for staging such an elaborate sting for one sicko when there are industrial strength gangs out there running snatch operations, and we never seem to hear about successful operations bringing them to ruin.

  16. morram says:

    These are the real terrorist
    There are hundreds nof thousands of them hiding in American homes posing as honorable high minded characters sometimes wearing uniforms and dictating insecurity to the rest of us while they rape our children

  17. Julian says:

    I think the urge to have sexual relations with minors must be form of mental illness, there needs to be rehabilitation centers for people that have these disgusting urges, so they can be helped/stopped before they act on this urges.
    Also a lot of these offenders know they are going something very wrong when they commit these vile acts, so maybe if there was more available help (rather than waiting for them to strike and putting them in jail) we would see less offenders.

  18. JimR says:

    #1, Li…Given that child-rapers tend to gravitate towards positions of power and authority…

    Please show some credible support for that statement.

  19. SN says:

    15. “And more importantly; why?”

    Stopping them before they actually rape a 5 year old?! God, police stings have been around nearly as long as the police themselves. Where have you been?

  20. OmarTheAlien says:

    19: Where the hell have you been? Stings are usually expensive, well acted little dramas that bring in a bunch of people who probably wouldn’t have committed the damned crime anyways, but sure do make the cops and prosecutors look real sharp. The only time a sting should be used is against active perps who are known to be active in the targeted crime. Baiting a trap, then harvesting the catch is trolling, and really, entrapment is illegal and could be used as a successful defense, no matter the vile attributes of the defendant.
    In a real world case, the mother pimping her child would have been just as subject to arrest and trial as the wannabe perp.
    The thing you forget is that there was no Five Year Old Child. Just a cop with visions of glory and a very sick man. And now, the sick man is dead.

  21. SN says:

    20. “Where the hell have you been? Stings are usually expensive, well acted little dramas that bring in a bunch of people who probably wouldn’t have committed the damned crime anyways,”

    Actually, we know for certain they would have committed the crime because they did in fact go along with the sting. Did you read the article, the guy brought vaseline with him! What do you think he intended to use that for?!

    “The only time a sting should be used is against active perps who are known to be active in the targeted crime.”

    So you really think an actual five year old has to be actually raped before the police can do anything about it!? I’m damn glad you’re not in charge.

    “Wait a minute, Pete, he doesn’t have his dick up that five year old’s ass. We can’t arrest him until he does!”

    “Baiting a trap, then harvesting the catch is trolling, and really, entrapment is illegal and could be used as a successful defense, no matter the vile attributes of the defendant.”

    What is this, pulling crap out of your ass day? Stings such as this are perfectly legal.

    “The thing you forget is that there was no Five Year Old Child.”

    But there was a guy fully intending to fuck a five year old. And luckily he’s off the streets for good.

    “Just a cop with visions of glory and a very sick man. And now, the sick man is dead.”

    And I give thanks to the cop for that.

  22. SN says:

    21. I just wanted to add something…

    I called this an entrapment case but I’m guessing it was not. Entrapment is when the cops pick a target and then entice him with criminal activity. For example, the police could offer bribes to a bunch of politicians to see who would take the bait.

    In this circumstance, I’m assuming the police didn’t go after anyone. The police set up an internet account of some sort and let people like Atchison contact them. So if Atchison contacted them first, there was no entrapment because he made the first step.

    But even if it was entrapment I still think they had a really strong case. Under an entrapment case the prosecutor has to show that the accused “was predisposed to commit the offense.” (Jacobson v. U.S., 503 U.S. 540 (1992)) As Atchison had toys and vaseline, I think that was proven beyond any reasonable doubt!

  23. JimR says:

    #15, Omar…but I do wonder over the rationale for staging such an elaborate sting for one sicko when there are industrial strength gangs out there running snatch operations,…

    The answer is because he was a federal prosecutor, with all the related ramifications.

  24. DrBen says:

    I think he should get a “Darwin Award” for removing himself form the gene pool. I’m a lefty but when it comes to rapists and pedophiles guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, I don’t have a problem with the Saudi approach…..

    BEN

  25. Glenn E says:

    No one here has yet to question whether it really was a suicide or not. Seems way too convenient to the state, that he’s no longer an embarrassment to them. Maybe it was one of those deals with a prison guard or cell mate. Now there won’t be a messy trial, where he could name names. Hey, it’s not all that remote an idea. We sent an army after Noriega, because he threatened to expose Bush Sr.. So who knows. The republican fanatics still claim Vincent Foster’s suicide was something more sinister. Just because they need to pin something on Clinton. Maybe they’re thinking democrats think just like them, and whack people who threaten their power game. Who knows? Not me, that’s for sure.

  26. TheMe says:

    #11
    Even if all of christian priests were pedophiles, its nothing compared to entire Middle East and half (or more of) Africa where they can AND OFTEN DO marry little girls completely legally.

    You follow too much stories shown in medias owned and controlled mostly by people of one anti-christian religion, me thinks 🙂

  27. J HK says:

    He saved lot of public money, you all should thank him 🙂

    But, on the other hand, since when a PETROLEUM JELLY (euphemish for VASOLINE) is a sexual object? WTF people, wake up! LOL
    Half of mankind carry a PENIS in their pants – and that is as real ‘sexual object’ as it gets – shall we automatically consider them rapists?
    😀

  28. RBG says:

    9. Awake.
    Brian Doyle, dem activist child molester
    Neil Goldschmidt, Oregon governor, confessed child molester
    Rep. Mel Reynolds, D-IL child rapist pardoned by clinton
    Sen. Daniel Inouye, accused of sexual harrassment
    Former Rep. Gus Savage, fondling peace corps volunteer
    Former Sen. Brock Adams, rape
    Former Rep. Fred Richmond, soliciting from a 16 year old
    Former Rep. John Young, sexual harrassment of staffer
    Gerry Studds: unindicted child rapist
    Barney Frank
    Yadda, yadda, yadda.

  29. Smartalix says:

    28,

    You had me up until Barney Frank. Can you please describe his crime?

  30. Ben Waymark says:

    #24 DrBen I’m a lefty but when it comes to rapists and pedophiles guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, I don’t have a problem with the Saudi approach…..

    I can think of two problems with the Saudi approach: 1. There isn’t enough public participation and 2. The costs should be offset by selling tickets. In an ideal world, the highest bidder would get do the executing….everyone just gets watch….


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