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~J~ is in Wonderland	Jun 26 2009, 01:46 PM
~J~ is in Wonderland Posts: 3,624 Group: Tier1 Member #12 Joined: Apr 28, 2008	http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5445704/ Duke employee arrested on child sex charge Agents from the FBI, SBI and Durham police officers arrested a Duke University employee Wednesday, alleging that he solicited an adult to have sex with a 5-year-old child. Officers of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI’s Charlotte Division worked together to investigate claims against Frank M. Lombard, 42. Lombard is associate director of the Center for Health Policy at Duke. Duke Vice President for Public Affairs Michael Schoenfeld said Lombard was placed on unpaid leave at the time of his arrest and that the university was cooperating with the investigation. An undercover officer from the Washington police identified Lombard through an Internet sting. According to the affidavit for Lombard’s arrest, the FBI was tipped off to his activities by an unnamed informant who also faces charges in a child sex case. The informant told the FBI he had online video chat sessions using a software program called ICUii with a user who identified himself as “cooper2” or “cooperse.” A subpoena of account information from ICUii connected Lombard to the “cooper2” user name. The affidavit says the informant described “cooper2” as a white man in his mid-forties, tall and of medium build, clean-shaven with brown hair and wearing glasses. The informant told agents that he saw “cooper2” perform sex acts on a young child via these online chats on multiple occasions. The affidavit said the informant’s description of the man he met online corresponded with the description of Frank Mccorkle Lombard. On Monday, Det. Timothy Palchak of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, chatted online with a person using the name “F.L,” the affidavit said. Palchak said “F.L.” described specific sex acts he had performed on a 5-year-old child and said that he lived in Durham. Palchak said “F.L.” told him that it was easier to abuse younger children and that he sometimes drugged his victim with Benadryl. In a subsequent online chat, “F.L.” invited Palchak, who he did not realize was a police detective, to fly to Durham to have sexual contact with the child. Lombard faces a federal charge of attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child. A conviction would carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. When officers arrived at Lombard’s home Wednesday, two children were present, the FBI said. Both were taken into protective custody by the North Carolina Department of Social Services


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