! Donker accused of soliciting 13-year-old boy on Xbox Live : Virginia man facing child porn charges
Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A Portsmouth, Va., man is in jail facing felony charges after admitting last year to asking a 13-year-old Fayetteville boy to send him a naked picture of himself.
Ryan Edwin Donker, 24, was picked up on an arrest warrant filed in Washington County in October on charges of computer child pornography.
Donker was extradited from Virginia, transported by the Washington County Sheriff's Office and booked into Washington County Detention Center Friday, officials said.
He remained in jail as of Monday evening apparently unable to post a $20,000 bond, which includes a no contact order with the victim. His arraignment is set for Feb. 2.
Computer child pornography is a class B felony punishable upon conviction by five to 20 years in prison, fines of up to $15,000 or both.
The Fayetteville Police Department built its case after the boy told his parents that a man he knew as "Ryan" made sexual comments on Aug. 7 while the two were playing video games and chatting on Xbox Live, an online gaming and entertainment service available to users of the Xbox 360 video game system.
Donker asked the boy about the size of his sex organs, masturbation and his sexual experiences. He also asked the boy to take a naked picture of himself using his phone and then send it to him, according to the affidavit for arrest warrant.
Fayetteville police went to the victim's home Aug. 8 and recorded chats where Donker admitted that he had given the boy advice on masturbation.
On Aug. 11 police again recorded the chats, and Donker told the victim he could get into serious trouble if anyone knew what they were talking about, according to the affidavit.
Donker told a detective in a telephone call on Aug. 12 that he was on probation and was concerned about criminal investigations or possible charges relating to the Xbox Live chats.
He admitted to engaging in crude adult sexual humor that was "kind of inappropriate" for someone of the victim's age, according to the affidavit.
Donker told police the request for the boy's picture was a joke and that he knew he would get in trouble if he received it.
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