US Judge Denies Bail in Cambodian Statutory Rape Case

27 Feb 2010  2043 | Cambodia Travel News

A US federal magistrate has ruled that a convicted sex offender accused of traveling to Cambodia to have sex with a minor must remain behind bars until a preliminary hearing next month. Michael James Dodd, 59, was brought from Cambodia to Los Angeles on Monday to face the charges in the ?sex tourism? case. If convicted, he could face up to 30 years in federal prison. Michael Dodd, who taught English in Cambodia, had sex with a 14-year-old girl and was seen with her on several occasions in Phnom Penh, according to an affidavit for arrest filed in US federal court Agents in the US Federal Bureau of Investigation?s Los Angeles office handled the case because they are working with the Cambodian government and non-governmental agencies to identify and prosecute US citizens who travel to that country to have sex with minors, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

Sourced = The Cambodia Daily

 

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