Man accused of attempted child rape out on bond

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Man accused of attempted child rape out on bond

Erik Loney / KXLY4 Reporter
Last updated: Friday, August 10th, 2007 06:41:15 PM

SPOKANE -- A retired Spokane teacher accused of trying to hire a four-year-old and a baby for sex is out of jail.

Seventy-eight-year old Gordon Erickson was arrested Wednesday during an undercover police sting, then posted a $100,000 bond accompanied by few restrictions on what he can do or where he can go. .... continued at below link

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"Through the use of an undercover detective posing as the mother of two fictitious children - ages 11 months and 4-years-old - Erickson agreed to go to a specified location to meet the two children. He also agreed to bring candy, popcorn and $100 per child to the location with him."

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Former Spokane school teacher Gordon Erickson
appeared in court Wednesday to answer charges
that he tried to solicit sex from a four-year-old
child and a baby.
Man accused of attempted child rape out on bond (http://www.kxly.com/news/?sect_rank=1&section_id=559&story_id=13518)

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78-year-old man charged with attempted child rape in Spokane

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last updated August 9, 2007 6:57 a.m. PT

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A 78-year-old man is being held on two attempted child rape charges following a police sting.

Bail was set Wednesday at 4100,000 on Gordon L. Erickson, a retired teacher accused of arranging with an undercover police officer to perform oral sex on a 4-year-old girl and an 11-month-old baby.

Spokane County District Court Commissioner M. Virginia Rockwood asked if he understood the charges.

"Yes, except they're not true," Erickson replied. .... continued at below link

78-year-old man charged with attempted child rape in Spokane (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Senior_Rape.html)

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Phone transcripts detailing undercover attempted child rape sting obtained by KHQ

KHQ-TV—Spokane, WA

SPOKANE, Wash. - KHQ has obtained exclusive transcripts of recorded conversations between an undercover detective and a former Spokane teacher who was arrested for attempted child rape.

Spokane detectives arrested a 78-year-old Gordon L. Erickson a former Spokane School District employee August 7th, for two counts of Attempted 1st-degree Rape of a Child.

In the documents Gordon Erickson describes exactly what he wanted to do to two children and how much he was willing to pay for it. The documents show that Erickson agreed to pay 100 dollars to perform sexual acts on two fictitious young girls.

After receiving information that Erickson was looking for young children for sexual purposes, detectives began a week-long investigation ending in Erickson's arrest.

An undercover officer with a fictitious 11-month and 4-year-old daughters set up a meeting with Erickson, who agreed to bring candy and popcorn for the children, as well as $100 per child to pay for sexual purposes.

When Erickson arrived at the location with the money and candy, he was arrested for two counts of Attempted 1st-degree Rape of a Child, and booked into Spokane County Jail.

There is no record of any legal action ever taken against Erickson during his tenure with the Spokane School District.

undercover attempted child rape sting (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20382758/)

[DigitalDreamKat]

I don't know which is worse, that there is demand or that there is a supply.

Either way, it makes me physically ill.