Sheriff: Prosecutor Tried Jail Suicide
September 20th, 2007 . by TexasFredDETROIT (AP) – A federal prosecutor from Florida who authorities say flew to Michigan for a sexual encounter with a 5-year-old girl tried to hang himself in his jail cell Thursday but was stopped in time, the county sheriff said.
John D.R. Atchison, 53, used a sheet in an attempted hanging around 4 a.m., said Sanilac County Sheriff Virgil Strickler.
Another inmate yelled out to jailers, who kept Atchison from hurting himself, Strickler said.
The 119-bed Sanilac County Jail is in Sandusky, about 75 miles north of Detroit. U.S. marshals sometimes use it to house federal prisoners. Marshals moved Atchison after the suicide attempt, the sheriff said.
Atchison is an assistant U.S. attorney based in Pensacola, Fla., and president of a youth sports association in Gulf Breezes.
He was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after arriving for a meeting with someone authorities say Atchison thought was the mother of a 5-year-old girl with whom he alleged arranged to have sex. The woman was actually a Macomb County sheriff’s detective participating in an Internet sex sting operation.
Atchison is facing federal child sex solicitation charges.
His defense lawyer James Thomas has declined comment.
All I have to say about this is, it’s a damned shame that he didn’t succeed, although prison won’t be a pleasant experience for him, he doesn’t deserve to breathe…
One down, millions to go…
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I believe if I was a guard, I’d experienced a momentary loss of hearing just long enough for that freak to snap his neck when that other inmate was yelling…
Sometimes the guarding of prisoners requires coffee breaks… this would have been a good time to have one.
Quote: “Atchison is an assistant U.S. attorney based in Pensacola, Fla., and president of a youth sports association in Gulf Breezes.”
Like I said I’m suspicious of anyone man or woman who willingly volunteers to be around children who aren’t their own. IMO, that’s not natural for an adult.
This is soooo out of control !!
WTF has happened to our morals and stances that prominent men are seeking out 5 year olds for sex ??!!
I am stunned at the headlines now showing this cancer in our society.
Sigh
PS I agree with Gunz.