Former State Department employee sentenced for sex crimes involving minors while working in Philippines

A erstwhile State Department employee who sexually abused minors while moving overseas was sentenced to 15 years successful situation connected Friday.

The Department of Justice said 63-year-old Dean Edward Cheves, who worked astatine nan U.S. Embassy successful nan Philippines from 2017 to 2021, pleaded blameworthy to engaging successful illicit intersexual behaviour successful a overseas spot successful October 2022.

According to tribunal documents, Cheves utilized his individual compartment telephone to pass inappropriately pinch 2 teenage girls successful nan Philippines whom he had met online, and he was alert that nan 2 victims were minors.

The DOJ besides said that Cheves utilized his government-issued iPhone 11 to movie aggregate videos of intersexual acts involving 1 of nan girls. The child activity maltreatment material that he produced was recovered connected nan telephone aft it was seized from his embassy residence successful nan Philippines.

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Dean Edward Cheves, 63, was sentenced to 15 years successful prison  (Alexandria Sheriff's Office)

The Statement of Facts said Cheves met a 15-year-old girl, identified arsenic Minor 2, online successful December 2020. The archive said he saved her number successful his telephone pinch a statement that showed "18-" and her day of birth.

In January 2021, he purchased pictures from nan teen for 3,500 Philippine pesos (approximately $67) that showed her engaged successful sexually definitive conduct. He past asked her what nan "legal age" was successful nan Philippines – to which she responded 18. 

In February, he asked nan aforesaid kid to "make and nonstop videos specifically for him," and she did, according to prosecutors.

In March, Cheves asked for much pictures from nan aforesaid girl, and she sent photos aft he confirmed he had sent her much money. He responded by saying he "can't [sic] hold for [the victim] to turn up."

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A Google Earth image shows nan entranceway to nan U.S. Embassy successful Manila, Philippines.  (Google Earth)

In January 2021, Cheves met a 16-year-old woman online, identified arsenic Minor 1 in nan document. He besides saved this victim's telephone number pinch a statement that said "18-" and included her birthdate, high-school people and graduation year.

Cheves told Minor 1 that he worked for nan U.S. Embassy and shared his nonstop occupation title pinch her, adding that he needed to beryllium "extra careful" because "this benignant of point causes world incidents." In a later conversation, Cheves told nan woman that property 16 was older than "the others" and shared that he had antecedently had activity pinch a 14-year-old successful Brazil.

On Feb. 12, 2021, Cheves met Minor 1 successful personification and made her execute a intersexual act. A video of nan brushwood was later recovered connected his government-issued iPhone 11.

He besides sent Minor 1 money and took her to a "short-term hotel" successful nan Philippines that is commonly utilized for intersexual encounters, according to nan document. On that day, he took astatine slightest 3 videos of himself having activity pinch Minor 1 connected his authorities phone.

Cheves later sent nan videos to nan woman and said that "the slo mo 1 is fun," adding that they would look bully connected a pornography site.

Online predators tin save, screenshot aliases screen-record nationalist contented of children. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane.)

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The archive concluded by saying that "the actions of nan defendant, arsenic recounted above, were successful each respects knowing, and deliberate, and were not committed by mistake, accident, aliases different guiltless reason."

Cheves was arrested successful Virginia upon his return to nan U.S. successful mid-March 2021.