Official at Children's Museum Is Charged in Child Pornography Case

Source: Washington Post

By Mary Beth Sheridan and Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, November 7, 2007; Page B01

A senior executive at the National Children's Museum was arrested yesterday and charged with distributing child pornography over the Internet, officials said.

Robert A. Singer, 49, a married father of two who lives in Falls Church, was suspended from his job as chief operating officer and barred from the museum.

According to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Singer sent images of naked children, some in sexual acts with adults, five times in August to a New York City police detective posing both as a mother and her 12-year-old daughter. He struck up the correspondence through an AOL chat room called Cuties, known for exchanges of pornography, the complaint alleges.

The complaint says Singer, using the name Badboy2at, wrote in one instant message intended for the mother: "luv trading pics of cuties. like to trade some?" He also wrote that it was a "pleasure to meet a fellow luver of younger erotica," the complaint says.

Authorities said they got a search warrant to review Singer's AOL account and determined that he sent about 80 images of child pornography from July through September, including those to the detective. He also allegedly received about 10 images and one video of child pornography during that time.

Staff researcher Meg Smith contributed to this report.



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