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Police: Toddler Sexually Abused For Internet Video

Video Not Shown, But Man Charged With Two Counts Of Rape

UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 9, 2005

A Cincinnati man who went on the Internet and offered live video of himself having sex with a 3-year-old girl is behind bars, police say, and the promised video was not shown.

Paul A. Kraft

Paul A. Kraft has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, according to Cincinnati TV station WLWT.

Kraft, 31, is being held in the Hamilton County Justice Center on suicide watch. His bond was set Wednesday at $750,000.

Kraft faces up to 28 years in prison if convicted.

A tip from the Secret Service resulted in Kraft's arrest, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Undercover Secret Service agents said they made contact with Kraft in a sex site chat room.

They said Kraft told them they could watch him have sex with a 3-year-old live on the Internet.

Secret Service and local authorities arrested Kraft at his home Tuesday night and executed a search warrant on his home and computer. Police said they were able to stop the broadcast before it occurred.

Investigators are continuing to examine the computer, Longnecker reported.

A woman who lived with Kraft said she has had five children with him, ages 6 to infant. She said social services arrived to take the children Wednesday morning, but refused to say why.

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