Shaffer
12-10-03, 08:00 AM
A Marine sergeant who investigators said thought he was going to have sex with a 12-year-old girl he found through the Internet was arrested by federal authorities at a Johnson City motel.
John Molendyk, 26, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was arrested late Friday and arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Greeneville on a charge of traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor.
According to an affidavit, the Knoxville Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force became aware of Molendyk in October and worked with the FBI to set up a sting.
The task force spotted a message allegedly posted by Molendyk to a Yahoo chat room "PERTEN: Parents who Share" seeking parents who share their children in the Virginia and North Carolina areas.
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John Molendyk, 26, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was arrested late Friday and arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Greeneville on a charge of traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor.
According to an affidavit, the Knoxville Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force became aware of Molendyk in October and worked with the FBI to set up a sting.
The task force spotted a message allegedly posted by Molendyk to a Yahoo chat room "PERTEN: Parents who Share" seeking parents who share their children in the Virginia and North Carolina areas.
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