Police: Retired firefighter tried to pimp dog online Seattle detectives claim to have found child pornography on Lewis County man’s computer

Seattle Police Department detectives claim a Toledo, Wash., man collected child porn while offering his dog online for sex. Seattle Police Department detectives claim a Toledo, Wash., man collected child porn while offering his dog online for sex. Photo: SEATTLEPI.COM Photo: SEATTLEPI.COM Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Police: Retired firefighter tried to pimp dog online 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A retired firefighter accused of soliciting others online to have sex with his German shepherd was arrested Monday after a Seattle police investigation.

Detectives with a Seattle Police Department-based online sex crimes taskforce arrested the southwest Washington man after discovering the 56-year-old had offered his dog up online for sex, an SPD spokesman said in a statement Thursday. The man is also said to have had sexually oriented online discussions with a couple convicted of molesting a young child.

Investigators arrived at the man’s Toledo home on Monday to serve a search warrant. According to police, detectives searching the man’s computer found images depicting the sexual abuse of children.

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Police claim that, in instant messages with the couple, the man said he liked to watch adults abuse children and offered to set up an encounter with a young child. Investigators found he posted an offer online to provide his German shepherd for a sexual encounter.

“He included a detailed description of his dog’s genitals, and bragged about previously coordinating a sexual encounter between a neighbor and his dog, which he said was witnessed by another young child,” police spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee said in a statement.

The man, a retired firefighter from California who relocated to Washington recently, was booked into Lewis County Jail following the search. He recently gave up his dogs, though detectives are investigating whether any of the animals were abused.

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