by havanagilla » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:10 am
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/757302.html">www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/757302.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> Last update - 07:47 01/09/2006 <br> <br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Security guard at Israeli consulate in U.S. held on pedophilia charges</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <br>By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent <br> <br>A security officer at the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia, was charged on Thursday with pedophila and with seducing children to perform "illegal acts, including sodomy."<br><br>Police detained the guard, Yosef Sagiv Ofri, after finding pornographic pictures of children and crude sexual letters on his computer. <br><br>The Israeli Embassy in Washington confirmed that Ofri had been charged but refused to release more information on the case. <br><br><br> <br> <br> Advertisement <br> <br>Ofri was accused of using emails and online messages to seduce a child from a suburb of Atlanta for "illegal acts relating to sodomy, aggravated sodomy, child molestation and aggravated child molestation."<br><br>Officials from the consulate on Thursday visited Ofri, who carries a diplomatic passport, at the county's detention center. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said that it had been informed of the matter and was looking into the details.<br><br>Augusta Judicial Circuit district, attorney Daniel J. Craig, said "Because you're dealing with a citizen of another country here, it was necessary to coordinate our efforts with the State Department and in accordance with the Vienna Convention."<br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <p></p><i></i>