Friday, June 1, 2007
Flower Mound man attempted to buy a child for sex
Email
|
Print
|
Tell us your story
|
Comments (15)
|
Kevin Russell Moake, 49, is now officially a finalist as scum of the year after trying to buy a child for sex. According to Dallas County police, Moake couldn't decide whether he would actually buy the 9-year-old girl or just "rent" her because he didn't have anywhere to keep her for a long period of time. After a quick police investigation, set-up, and arrest, Moake is now in Dallas County Jail on suspicion of attempting to traffic humans and trying to have sex with a child.
Posted by Erin
See more stories in:
Find...
Today
The Magnetic Fields Quartet led by songwriter Stephen Merritt is resolutely "indie" so how come their music has been used in a Volvo commercial and appeared in the film Lemony Snicket? More info
Blogs
- Deli-cious irony
Square Pegs - I so wish we had laser eyes
Square Pegs - Why I think the ecomomy is even scarier than I thought
Square Pegs
Latest comments
- xdavidwattsx on Vinyl-centric Remix Records opens in Deep Ellum district of Dallas: Awesome. Can’t wait to check this place out. Not that I’ve had any other reason to go down to Deep E...
- Scott Doyle on State Fair of Texas attendees get towed after paying for parking: So much hate ITT. I’m relatively sure some random dudes not associated with the land owners put on v...
- Scott Doyle on Z Grill & Tap: I was there…last weekend, iirc. Kept ‘em coming cold and often; didn’t have any issues whatsoever....
- chrisdanger on Dallas-area towing service ripping people off, $43 at a time: Most tow truck company out there are not in the business of ripping you off, Ive known quite a few p...
Latest reviews
- gilberto on Mumtaz Indian Restaurant & Bar: The location seemed a bit confusing as there is many indian restaurants in the same area. When I rea...
- chrisdanger on Z Grill & Tap: Maybe its time for Pegasus, Yelp and the other restaurant review sites to join forces to push these ...
- skyflomo on Mi Cocina (Flower Mound): Great place to eat. The restaurant is clean and classy, the servers are courteous, the service is fa...
Things you can't miss
Latest stories
- Holly Johnson presents: William Steiger's Destination
- Dallas-based Southwest Airlines to begin service to Minneapolis-St. Paul in March 2009
- Dallas ISD hosting rally on Tuesday Oct. 14 to support young African American males
- Newest segment of 121 Tollway between Carrollton and Plano/Frisco line has 70-mph speed limit
- Haunted House Review: The Cutting Edge in Fort Worth
Comments
Dylan Cave Verified
Mon dieu!
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
Moake is far from the worst of them.
A far bigger scumbag is the Collin County DA who chose to dismiss ALL of the TCAP sting pedophiles.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Dylan Cave Verified
Do you make such obviously inane statements to provoke; or do you actually believe what you wrote?
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
Does it have to be an "or" thing?
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Dylan Cave Verified
A man who would attempt to purchase a little girl for his sick entertainment is at the pinnacle of the trash heap. There is no comparison between a monster like that and any public servant.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
He's just one man.
But the so-called "public servant" put and additional 41 of him back out on the street AFTER they were caught red-handed.
Furthermore, that sends a message to the kajillion other child predators in the DFW area that it's open season on little kids.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Mike Orren Staff
While it's sad that these people were let off, if you read the linked story you'll see what the real issue is: It is, like so many issues in our legal system, not about guilt or innocence. The fact is that with the circumstances of the set-up, including the fact that many of these men were lured to Texas from out of state for the sting (not in the link, but confirmed via KRLD), there was little chance of getting a conviction.
That means the DA had to make a choice about use of public resources to protect the local public. Unless you have specific information on his record and that he is soft on pedophiles, it looks to me like he was faced with a tough choice and did his job -- go after as many convictions as he can get.
What this says to me is that law enforcement should increase their efforts to sting local pedophiles and ratings-grabbing networks might admit that their efforts are more useful in attracting Whirlpool ads than in convicting pedophiles.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Dylan Cave Verified
Vigilantism should never be encouraged. It serves no purpose to anyone except for those taking the law unto themselves. The rule of law must prevail, even if we don't always like the result.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
Actually, the convictions were already in the bag. Most of the people caught in the TCAP stings choose to plead guilty rather than go to trial and risk a more punitive punishment than the one offered.
Is it fair? No. But it's just.
He COULD have gotten those convictions - but public relations trumped justice.
The basis for this warped set of values is a belief held by the Republican politicians in Collin County that says it's more important for people to FEEL good about their safety, than for that safety to actually exist.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
Dylan - this sting does not fit the definition of vigilantism because they were not imposing punishments upon the predators.
While that word is a fun one to use, it simply does not apply here.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Dylan Cave Verified
Mr. Roach is on the Board of Directors for the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center.
Please enlighten me on how not pursuing those convictions is a type of public relations move. After that, continue with educating me on how this makes residents of Collin County feel safer.
If nothing else I admire the man for choosing what was correct rather than what would be more popular.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Dylan Cave Verified
Here you go Mr. Kaufman.
vig·i·lan·te
One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
TCAP was not enforcing laws, nor did they pretend to. They simply flushed out the criminals.
They left the actual law enforcement duties to the cops and DA. The cops did their part; the DA did not.
Beyond that - the DA did not give any legitimate reason for failing to enforce the law.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sanders Kaufman Verified
re: Please enlighten me on how not pursuing those convictions is a type of public relations move.
Convictions would show Collin County to be the hotbed of pedophilia that it is.
re: After that, continue with educating me on how this makes residents of Collin County feel safer.
I never meant to imply that it was a effective strategy. Indeed - I think it was downright counter-productive.
This is a common character flaw with religious zealots in the GOP. They just don't seem to get that covering up a crime is often WORSE than the crime itself.
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Dylan Cave Verified
We should move this conversion to the proper story.
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/...
1 year, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Post a comment
(Requires free PegasusNews.com account.)