NEWSDAY - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - July 1, 2008
A man who worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration was arrested during an Internet sex sting for trying to set up a tryst with a 14-year-old girl, prosecutors said Tuesday. Richard Luttman, a data analyst, is accused of sending naughty instant messages to an undercover police vice detective posing as the girl and e-mailing the officer a picture of a penis and his cell phone number, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said. During their conversation, Luttman asked the girl what school she attended, how many times she had had sex, whether she would have sex with him and whether she had been with two men, Brown said. Luttman, 27, was arrested Monday evening at a rendezvous location, prosecutors said. He was arraigned in Criminal Court, where his bail was set at $100,000. He faces charges including second-degree attempted rape and attempted endangerment of a child; he could get up to four years in prison if convicted. Luttman's lawyer, Steven Gildin, said no crime was committed. "This is a sad story of the DA promoting sensationalism," he said. "This young man was himself victimized by overzealous prosecutors. He was lured and entrapped." Gildin said his client was a model citizen who had been betrayed by the government. "He has never been arrested before," Gildin wrote in an e-mail. "He is employed by the federal DEA. He served for us in Iraq, risking his life on the front lines. And what does he get in return for his sacrifices? A gov't that stabs him in the back!" Luttman was expected to make bail with a bond Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
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