Frank Lombard, Duke Univ. Official, Charged In Child Sex Case

(AP) WASHINGTON - A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex.

Frank Lombard, the school's associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested after an Internet sting, according to the FBI's Washington field office and the city's police department.

According to an affidavit by District of Columbia Police Det. Timothy Palchak, an unnamed informant facing charges in his own child sex case led authorities to Lombard.

Authorities said that Lombard tried to persuade a person -- who he did not know was a police officer -- to travel to North Carolina to have sex with Lombard's child.

The detective's affidavit charges Lombard identified himself online as "perv dad for fun," and says that in an online chat with the detective, Lombard said he had sexually molested his son, whom he adopted as an infant.

The court papers say Lombard also invited the undercover detective to North Carolina to have sex with the young boy, and even suggested which hotel he should use.

Lombard was charged in federal court in Washington with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child. If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Lombard's lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs at Duke, said Lombard has been employed with Duke University since 1999. He is now on unpaid administrative leave.

"Duke is cooperating with the investigation," Schoenfeld said. He said the university was notified of the incident after Lombard was arrested.

Authorities executed a search warrant Wednesday evening at Lombard's home, according to court documents. The papers show investigators seized two webcams, five computers and a sex toy, among other items.

Comments

[TaxDayMan]

Frank Lombard is a LCSW/MSW! A mental health professional (sic)!

[MadHeart]

He was also scheduled to teach a course Fall 2009 as well. As of Sat, you could still email him, and he was still up on the teaching schedule, among other activities.

[angryliberal]

It's all good. Once Mr. Lombard gets locked up, he's going to know exactly what it's like to be offered up for sex.

[SILVANUS]

Yep. They no like de 'Short Eyes' in da Prison too much. Only good for abuse and reaming.

[LynnW49]

"If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison."

If he did this, twenty years is not nearly enough. 200 might do.

[christopherflynn]

then he'll really find out about 'sex cases'...

[blueknight41]

well with micheal death thats all you ll hear for about the next year

[mark12345]

Send him in the general population of the prison. Too many of his sort are kept in protective custody. I do not support the death penalty of torture except in these instances.

[stylenease]

...charmin­g....this may not be very popular, but...

The guy is a real insect for sure, and it is very likely his time behind bars will be spent in constant fear as a marked target, no matter what POD he is on. You have been watching too many reruns of Lockup. Just because this beast did something so disgusting, which we all easily recognize as the worst kind of human behavior, let's not desentigrate into something akin to Cheney's worldview on torture. If he receives a sentence of 20 years, civilized society must surly care how even the worst in society are treated behind bars. It is inhumane to suggest otherwise.

[BitterClinger15301]

The government doesn't have to soil its hands with this piece of s**t. Let his fellow guests of the state handle that. This guy is begging for the Jeffrey Dahmer treatment.

[skippyB]

The FBI is doing the difficult and vital work in this field, and I thank each and every one of them. This has got to be very, very difficult.

[Open eyes]

Child sex offenders should all be castrated.­.

[Evan Roskos]

i agree. i don't think it's cruel and unusual punishment. in fact, i think sticking the guy in jail for 20 years is too lenient, despite how he'll be treated in there.

[Aldyth]

It won't stop them from offending. Only removing them from society and all possible contact with children will do it.

[KYgrl]

Unfortunately that wouldn't stop the problem. Would be great if it were that easy.

[patrickhenrypress]

So should some posters. It still won't help. These people need incarceration with therapy. Although some ought never be released from prison, butchery, like the death penalty, will not solve society's ills.

[Meah]

He is standing up against a wall, isn't he? I'm just saying....­..

[TaxDayMan]

Can you here the MSM crickets!

[nordstrom]

No, I can't "here" them.

[TaxDayMan]

Will see if its on ABC, CBS, and NBC at dinnertime, if is maybe, otherwise crickets!

[Artemis34]

Looking at an MSM story now on CNN.

They report Lombard had 2 children. How troubling.

[TaxDayMan]

Search of CBS News: 0 search results for "Lombard Duke rape"

Sound of crickets!

[TaxDayMan]

Washington Post: No Results Found

Sound of crickets

[TaxDayMan]

Finally a major news outlet reporting: Suprise, Fox!

Duke Official Charged With Offering 5-Year-Old Son for Sex
Friday , June 26, 2009

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[jalowe1957]

They don't call them "Blue Devils" for nothing.

[jalowe1957]

Given the alleged magnitude of his alleged offenses, isn't it about time to mandate some form of integrity testing as part of the employment vetting process?

A little sodium penethol can go a long way in weeding out crooks, sexual perverts and other assorted misanthropes.

[blindhog]

It's about time the courts realize that crimes like this are equivalent to murder.

Lives of victims are destroyed for lesser offenses than murder

[apolloguide]

20 years is an awfully lenient sentence for such an atrocity. Couldn't he be "fixed" as well?

[mag68]

We should fix the both of you at the same time...

[4peace]

The sad thing is he probably won't even serve 20, if convicted.

[confidance government]

Those will be the longest years of his life at any rate.

[glesslib]

As a simple fact, I would doubt that he will live through his sentence. Even though offenders, if convicted, are segregated from other prisoners, there is always a way. If he is a high-profile offender, he may not last long.

[Pabalive]

This is one of the saddest things i have read lately.

[BitterClinger15301]

I think that I'm going to be sick after reading this.

If he is convicted of doing this, he should be put in general population in a maximum security prison and the guards should (informally) make it known among his fellow prisoners why he is there and then turn a blind eye.