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Goose Creek man accused in sex case
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Orangeburg police arrested a Goose Creek man on Monday and accused him of soliciting sex on the Internet from what he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Instead, they said he was communicating with an undercover officer.
The U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service served a search warrant and seized a laptop, home computer, camera and other items.
Zachary M. Hille, 21, of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station, is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor and dissemination of obscene material to a minor, a statement from the S.C. attorney general's office said.
It said those crimes are each a felony and are punishable by as much as 10 years in prison.
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moonpie (anonymous) says...
Man what kind of people is the military recruiting these days? Two young mens lifes ruined this w/e, one being killed the other going to jail forever and now this?
June 3, 2009 at 6:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rjs2005 (anonymous) says...
They are recruiting a cross-section of society. This kind of stuff happens all around the world, not just on Naval Weapons Station. Get the facts before you start casting stones.
June 3, 2009 at 6:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
palmettotree (anonymous) says...
rjs I don't think moonpie was casting stones. He was just asking a question. If this guy is 21 and at the weapons station it means that he is most likely a nuke student. Which means that this guy is really smart. You have to have a good ASVAB score to become a nuke. But apparently he doesn't have common sense. If found guilty he will serve his time. But what a waste of a life. He could have been sitting pretty in the Navy as a nuke but now it appears that he will be sitting pretty in prison.
June 3, 2009 at 8:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oldglory (anonymous) says...
It's not a secret that these 'sting' operations exist. Wouldn't you think that a person would have enough intelligence to get at least as far as 2 + 2 = 4?? Ahh, perhaps they think they are invisible online (which we all know is absolutely untrue).
June 3, 2009 at 8:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eyfigueroa (anonymous) says...
moonie, speaking as veteran and someone who works closely with our military, I can honestly tell you that your comment is incredibly misguided and salacious.
The military is no more than a microcosm of society as a whole. There are good and bad but that is not a reflection upon our esteemed armed forces.
For the most part recruiters do their best to weed out undesirables. But as with most things, you cannot judge a book by its cover. Just because someone doesn't have a criminal background does not mean they've not done anything wrong.
Case in point, State Troopers that misuse their authority over those they were hired to protect, ministers/priests who prey upon their parishoners, nannies/babysitters who abuse children.
Refrain from isulting the military over the actions of a select few.
Especially if you've never worn the uniform.
June 3, 2009 at 12:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rjs2005 (anonymous) says...
Sorry Palmetto, I'm a retired nuke myself, and I recognize that the young man in question COULD be a student, but that really has nothing to do with it, now does it? The military is, as eyfigueroa stated, a microcosm of society as a whole. I also served as a recruiter, and hard as I tried to meet the requirements of morally, mentally, and physically qualified for service, some slipped through the cracks.
June 4, 2009 at 2:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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