Cumberland County court docket information allege {that a} Fort Bragg Special Forces soldier met an underage lady on-line and paid her and one other juvenile for intercourse.
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Scott Looney, 28, of Bend, Oregon, was arrested Dec. 6 and charged with two felony counts every of human trafficking, first-degree kidnapping, statutory rape of a minor and indecent liberties with a baby; one felony depend every of second-degree exploitation of a minor and solicitation of a kid by a pc; and 4 misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. Looney has been a member of the threerd Special Forces Group since 2019.
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In line with a search warrant within the case, a member of the family of a 14-year-old lady contacted the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Workplace in February 2022 to report discovering sexually specific photographs, movies and messages on the kid’s cellphone.
The ladies’ telephone was turned over to authorities and an investigation into “doable human trafficking” started, the report states.
Outcomes of the search warrant
Throughout an examination of the lady’s telephone, investigators reportedly discovered greater than 460 textual content messages exchanged between Looney and the lady from Dec. 15 to Dec. 31, 2021, the report states. When investigators accessed the lady’s electronic mail they allegedly discovered one other 42 messages exchanged between the 2.
The search warrant states that Looney communicated with the lady and coordinated to satisfy her and a good friend in December 2021 “for the needs of soliciting intercourse for cash.”
“Throughout these communications, LOONEY requested (the lady) how previous she and (her good friend) have been to which she suggested him that she was 19 years previous and (that her good friend) was 18 years previous,” the affidavit states.
The affidavit states that Looney organized to choose up the ladies on Dec. 16 and drive to a location close to Flyers Street, the place he allegedly engaged in sexual exercise with them and paid $200. After the assembly, he allegedly texted the primary lady, saying her good friend appeared nervous in the course of the encounter and noting the opposite lady had left her underwear in his truck, the report states.
Afterward, the doc alleges, Looney tried by way of textual content messages to rearrange a second sexual encounter with each ladies, providing to pay them in whole $180. The report states he allegedly despatched two extra messages on subsequent dates, soliciting the primary lady.
In line with the warrant, Looney can be alleged to have despatched the lady sexually specific photographs of himself and he or she did the identical at his request.
In line with the search warrant, on Dec. 1 an investigator — who presumably didn’t determine herself as such —messaged Looney’s cellphone asking if he was “making an attempt to do one thing” adopted by greenback indicators. After a number of messages, the affidavit states, he allegedly supplied to pay $60 for oral intercourse.
The doc states the investigator communicated with Looney till Dec. 5, when the Army Legal Investigation Division detained him and took him to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Workplace.
In line with information, the lady instructed authorities she met Looney by way of the relationship web site Loads of Fish.
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The report states that Looney’s kidnapping cost is tied to “unlawfully eradicating the (lady) from one place to a different, with out the consent of the (lady’s) father or mother or authorized guardian” and for the aim of holding the lady for sexual servitude.
The statutory rape cost is tied to the lady being youthful than 15; the human trafficking cost is tied to having intercourse with the lady in alternate for cash; the sexual exploitation cost is tied to receiving the video of the lady; and the solicitation cost is tied to engaging an individual Looney “believed to be at the very least 5 years youthful” than him “for the aim of committing an illegal intercourse act,” court docket information state.
Workers author Rachael Riley could be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528.
