Former NASCAR Truck series driver Rick Crawford is being held in a Seminole County (Florida) jail on a charge of attempted enticement of a minor, a spokesman for the U.S. district attorney’s office confirmed Monday.
Crawford, 59, has a bond hearing set for Thursday in U.S. District Court in Orlando.
Crawford was apprehended Wednesday by federal agents in Lake Mary when, according to the criminal complaint, he had met an undercover agent on Craigslist whom he had been communicating with for two weeks, leading to an arrangement for him to pay to have oral sex and intercourse with a 12-year-old girl, which would be lascivious battery under Florida law.
According to the complaint, Crawford responded to the Craigslist advertisement in which the agent posed as a man seeking people who “are looking for that dark taboo experience” and the agent eventually told Crawford he could pay to have sex with his (fictitious) 12-year-old daughter. Crawford, the complaint states, texted the agent “Love for her to be naked and ready to” have sex and they agreed on a price of $50-75. Crawford also requested and was sent photos of the girl he allegedly believed he would be meeting and told the agent he could watch the two having sex.
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