A Chicago-area veterinarian who’s a widely known decide on the nationwide canine present circuit has been arrested on baby pornography costs alleging he chatted on-line a couple of plan to sexually assault his new child son, posting ultrasound photos and images of child outfits as proof of the kid’s pending arrival.
Adam Stafford King, 39, of far west suburban Elburn, was arrested Friday, shortly earlier than he had deliberate fly to California to be with the surrogate mom for his son’s start, in line with a legal criticism made public Monday.
King, a veterinarian specializing in ophthalmology who had been scheduled to be a decide within the toy canine class on the Westminster Kennel Club present in May, was ordered held pending a detention listening to Tuesday, court docket information present.
Prosecutors have requested that King be held with out bond. His legal professional, Jonathan Singer, had no touch upon the case Monday.
According to the 33-page criticism, King, utilizing the deal with @pervchiguy, traded baby pornography with an unidentified person in New York and advised the person he appreciated children within the “single digits.”
After the person in New York was arrested final yr, the FBI posed as him on-line and exchanged messages with King, together with a number of in November when King allegedly acknowledged he had drugged and sexually abused his nephews and nieces prior to now.
“I generally use Benadryl,” King allegedly wrote. “I usually double an adult dose.”
It’s unclear within the criticism whether or not these statements had been additional investigated, nonetheless King isn’t charged with sexual abuse.
On Nov. 9, King talked about within the chat that he and his husband have been anticipating a baby, in line with the criticism. “Just as an fyi, you’re working on another dad here lol,” King allegedly wrote.
King acknowledged he was married “to a non perv,” and that they have been having the infant by means of a surrogate mom, the criticism alleged. On two separate events, King despatched ultrasound images of an unborn baby, which he claimed have been photos of the kid he and his husband expect within the spring, in line with the criticism.
On Dec. 29, King posted a picture of child outfits that appeared to have the tags nonetheless on them, together with a onesie with an elephant and birds and the phrases “So happy together.”
“We got so much baby stuff for Christmas!” he wrote within the chat, in line with the criticism.
Earlier this month, the FBI executed a search warrant at King’s home in Elburn. Agents entered the grasp rest room “and observed King in the shower” together with his iPhone “despite multiple verbal announcements of the FBI’s presence,” the criticism alleged.
King refused to be interviewed, however did give the password to his telephone, the place brokers discovered a number of of the images matching what had been posted within the chat, the criticism alleged. They additionally found a child outfit within the bed room closet that matched what had been posted on-line.
According to the criticism, King is a workers ophthalmologist at MedVet Chicago. In addition to being a canine present decide, he’s additionally a canine breeder and operates a Havanese canine breeding kennel referred to as “Askin Havanese,” the criticism acknowledged.
