MAN INDICTED IN CHAT CASE FBI AGENT POSED AS 14-YEAR-OLD `GIRL'.Byline: PATRICIA PATRICIA Practical Algorithm To Retrieve Information Coded In Alphanumeric PATRICIA Proving and Testability for Reliability Improvement of Complex Integrated Architectures PATRICIA PApilloma TRIal Cervical cancer In young Adults FARRELL AIDEM Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY -- A Sand Canyon man was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. Wednesday on felony sex charges after months of explicit online chat with an FBI agent who had posed as a 14-year-old girl, federal officials said. Christopher Rajlal, 52, who used the screen name ``looks10'' is due in court Jan. 16 for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted , Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Garringer said. Rajlal was arrested Dec. 4 outside a West L.A. shop where he had arranged to meet the ``girl,'' Garringer and FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. He was indicted on charges of using the Internet to arrange to engage in sex with a minor, distribution of child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. and possession of kiddie porn, according to the FBI.. Neither Rajlal nor his attorney, Michael V. Severo, could be reached late Wednesday for comment. Using equity in his home in the posh Sand Canyon area, Rajlal posted $500,000 bond and was released, Garringer said. Rajlal met the ``girl,'' who posed as a seventh-grader, in an AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. chat room in July and conversed 20 to 30 times over the months, Garringer said. And while the two covered a lot of topics, most were ``extremely sexually explicit,'' he said. Agents, he added, are trained to avoid entrapping targets, allowing them to initiate the online moves. Eimiller said a team of agents arrested Rajlal when he showed up to meet the 14-year-old. He did not resist. ``He gave some statements and invoked his right to counsel,'' Garringer said. The probe was conducted by an FBI task force that focuses on crimes involving sexual exploitation of children. The team includes FBI agents, state law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , Los Angeles police and Los Angeles and Orange county sheriff's deputies. The team is investigating whether Rajlal engaged in similar crimes in the past, the FBI said. pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5251 |
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