American Convicted Of Illegal Sexual Contact With As Many As 70 Young Thai Boys

[bacchanal]

Original Thaivisa thread posted July 29, 2006

An American arrested on charge of child molest

BANGKOK: -- A suspected American child molester was arrested in Phuket on Friday morning after laying low in Thailand for five years.

After cooperating with Interpol, United States Homeland Security and other agencies, tourist police apprehended fugitive Charles Todd Stokes, 45, at a hotel room, where he was found with a Thai boy, Colonel Panya Mamen told a press conference yesterday.

The suspect refused to speak to police, saying he would only talk to officials from the American embassy.

Stokes, who used to work as a teacher in Florida, had been charged with molesting children before he escaped to Thailand five years ago and later opened an English language school in Bangkok's Phra Khanong district, according to Panya.

Police had previously raided his apartment in Pattaya and found around 100 photographs of boys aged nine to 11, both in school uniform and nud_e, Panya said.

-- The Nation 2006-07-29

Update of thread dated today:

Man convicted of going overseas to have sex with boys

Sun-Times Media Wire

June 11, 2010

A former gym teacher was convicted in Chicago on Friday of traveling overseas to engage in illicit sexual conduct with as many as 70 young boys.

Charles Todd Stokes, 48, of Miami was found guilty after a four-day trial of traveling in 2002 from Chicago to Thailand, where he lived for several years, to have sex with minors, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's office.

The case was brought in U.S. District Court in Chicago because Stokes traveled from O'Hare to Thailand, with the jury finding he did so with the "significant purpose" of engaging in sex with minors, the release said.

Evidence at the trial showed Stokes engaged in sexual conduct with about 70 boys under 15, of whom about 30 were under 13 at the time, the release said. Two victims, who were 11 and are now 18, traveled from Thailand to Chicago to testify at the trial.

Stokes was arrested in Thailand in 2006, extradited to Chicago in 2007, and has remained in federal custody since.

Additional evidence showed he possessed thousands of photos of himself engaging in sexual conduct with minor boys.

Stokes, who formerly lived in the Miami area and taught in public school from the mid-80s until the late '90s, faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 26 at noon by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer.

Man convicted of going overseas to have sex with boys | abc7chicago.com

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Additional court documents dated December 11, 2009

United States v. Stokes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION

December 11, 2009

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

v.

CHARLES TODD STOKES

The opinion of the court was delivered by: Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

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CONCLUSION

Defendant Stokes's motion to suppress evidence [59] is denied.

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER United States District Judge

http://il.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.%5CFDCT%5CNIL%5C2009%5C20091211_0001602.NIL.htm/qx

Edited June 12, 2010 by Crossy
I've snipped the whole article quote, follow the link for details

[bacchanal]

Inadvertantly double-posted this thread. Please delete the other duplicate thread.

[Crossy]

Done ^^^.

Cheers for the update. In common with Thaivisa policy this thread is now closed.