This one really turns my stomach.



Police: Man tried to buy 9-year-old for sex
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DALLAS -- Kevin Russell Moake was having a difficult time deciding whether he wanted to "rent" a 9-year-old girl for sex or buy her, police said. His main concern? Where he would stash his underage acquisition, police said.

The 49-year-old Flower Mound man was arrested on the spot at a fast-food restaurant after he gave an undercover Dallas police officer $100 to spend the night with the nonexistent Mexican child Wednesday, police said. The cash was a down payment in a "rent-to-own" scheme, said Lt. C.L. Williams, head of the Dallas Police Department's child exploitation unit. Moake could not be reached for comment. The sting has left police officers horrified.

"It really speaks volumes about what these criminals think," Williams said. "For him to take a cold call from someone and think he could buy sex with a child is almost mind-boggling."

Moake was in the Dallas County Jail late Thursday on suspicion of attempting to traffic in humans and attempting sexual performance with a child -- second- and third-degree felonies. His bail was set at $100,000.

Dallas police said Moake did not have a criminal history in Dallas County, and public records do not reflect a criminal history in Tarrant County. Moake has worked for several communications companies. He was married as of 2003 and has at least four children ages 11 to 19, public records indicate. The operation began after police learned about noon Wednesday that Moake was trying to buy a child for sex, Williams said.

An undercover officer telephoned Moake and told him that a girl from Mexico was available, Williams said. Initially, Moake was going to buy the girl for about $2,000, but he became indecisive because he did not have a place to keep her, Williams said. Moake decided to "rent-to-own" the girl, Williams said.

During the negotiations, Moake asked the undercover officer at the other end of the phone line, "You aren't police, are you?" and laughed, Williams said.

The deal went down less than 12 hours after police began investigating. Moake initially agreed to meet the undercover officer at a hotel on Walnut Hill Lane but changed his mind. Instead, he met the undercover officer about 11:45 p.m. in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant near Love Field, Williams said. Moake handed the undercover officer five $20 bills and officers took him into custody.

"This really says something about what motivates people," Williams said. "They'll risk their family, home, job and reputation just because they are so blinded by their one desire. It's a scary thought."