[h=2]Walter Lee Williams faces charges of sexual exploitation of children abroad, the agency says. He taught anthropology, gender studies and history.[/h]
A former USC professor was named Monday to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list after he was indicted for sex crimes against children abroad, FBI officials said.
Walter Lee Williams, 64, became the 500th person named to the list, officials said. He faces charges of sexual exploitation of children, traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.
Bureau officials said they had identified at least 10 alleged victims between the ages of 9 and 17. Many live in Third World countries, officials said, adding that Williams has traveled extensively or lived across Southeast Asia and Polynesia, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.
"Because of his status he has the means and access to children, and that's what makes him dangerous," FBI Special Agent Jeff Yesensky said in a video released by the agency. "He preys on the most vulnerable children."
A four-count federal indictment filed April 30 outlines alleged crimes involving two 14-year-old boys authorities say Williams met online in 2010. He allegedly "engaged in sexual activity via Internet webcam sessions with these boys and expressed a desire to visit them in the Philippines to have sex," the FBI said in a statement.
Williams went to the Philippines in January 2011, where he allegedly engaged in "sexually explicit conduct" with the boys, took photos of the encounters and brought the photos back to Los Angeles County, the indictment said. He fled Los Angeles after agents questioned him, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
Eimiller said investigators had not ruled out additional charges.
Williams taught anthropology, gender studies and history at USC, according to a university Web page that's since been taken down. The author and Fulbright Award winner received several accolades for his work, including the USC General Education Outstanding Teacher Award in 2006. He was also recognized for his work with the gay and lesbian community.
According to another website describing Williams' work, "his other main research focus is on sexuality in the Southeast Asia/Pacific region."
Williams is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 180 pounds, with grayish-brown hair and brown eyes. He was affiliated with a Los Angeles-based group known as the Buddhist Universal Assn., the FBI said, and may travel to Mexico or Peru.
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to his arrest.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-usc-prof-20130618,0,3355965.story?track=rss
His bio.....
http://www.livefully.info/bio.html
Walter Williams (1978) was the co-founder and former chair of the COMMITTEE ON LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY. He arranged for its website to be established and sponsored by the University of Southern California at www.usc.edu/clgh
Walter Williams (1979-1981) was the Executive Secretary of the Greater Cincinnati Gay Coalition
Walter Williams (1984) was an officer of the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists www.solga.org
Walter Williams (1993) was the co-founder of the INSTITUTE FOR GAY AND LESBIAN STRATEGIC STUDIES www.iglss.org
Walter Williams (1994) led the effort and chaired the negotiations to merge ONE Institute (founded by W. Dorr Legg, Don Slater, and others in 1952), which is the world's second oldest ongoing gay research and educational institution in the Western Hemisphere, and the National Gay and Lesbian Archives (founded by Jim Kepner in 1978). Williams was responsible for this merged organization to become affiliated as a special collection with the University of Southern California, and for USC to offer a two-story 14,000 square foot building for this library. ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives is now the largest collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trandgender topics in the world. www.oneinstitute.org
Walter Williams (1996) was the Founding Editor of the INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN REVIEW www.gaybookreviews.info
This was the world's first academic journal to be published
completely online.
ROFL
A gay man that likes little boys, I am shocked.
A former USC professor was named Monday to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list after he was indicted for sex crimes against children abroad, FBI officials said.
Walter Lee Williams, 64, became the 500th person named to the list, officials said. He faces charges of sexual exploitation of children, traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.
Bureau officials said they had identified at least 10 alleged victims between the ages of 9 and 17. Many live in Third World countries, officials said, adding that Williams has traveled extensively or lived across Southeast Asia and Polynesia, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.
"Because of his status he has the means and access to children, and that's what makes him dangerous," FBI Special Agent Jeff Yesensky said in a video released by the agency. "He preys on the most vulnerable children."
A four-count federal indictment filed April 30 outlines alleged crimes involving two 14-year-old boys authorities say Williams met online in 2010. He allegedly "engaged in sexual activity via Internet webcam sessions with these boys and expressed a desire to visit them in the Philippines to have sex," the FBI said in a statement.
Williams went to the Philippines in January 2011, where he allegedly engaged in "sexually explicit conduct" with the boys, took photos of the encounters and brought the photos back to Los Angeles County, the indictment said. He fled Los Angeles after agents questioned him, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
Eimiller said investigators had not ruled out additional charges.
Williams taught anthropology, gender studies and history at USC, according to a university Web page that's since been taken down. The author and Fulbright Award winner received several accolades for his work, including the USC General Education Outstanding Teacher Award in 2006. He was also recognized for his work with the gay and lesbian community.
According to another website describing Williams' work, "his other main research focus is on sexuality in the Southeast Asia/Pacific region."
Williams is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 180 pounds, with grayish-brown hair and brown eyes. He was affiliated with a Los Angeles-based group known as the Buddhist Universal Assn., the FBI said, and may travel to Mexico or Peru.
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to his arrest.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-usc-prof-20130618,0,3355965.story?track=rss
His bio.....
http://www.livefully.info/bio.html
Walter Williams (1978) was the co-founder and former chair of the COMMITTEE ON LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY. He arranged for its website to be established and sponsored by the University of Southern California at www.usc.edu/clgh
Walter Williams (1979-1981) was the Executive Secretary of the Greater Cincinnati Gay Coalition
Walter Williams (1984) was an officer of the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists www.solga.org
Walter Williams (1993) was the co-founder of the INSTITUTE FOR GAY AND LESBIAN STRATEGIC STUDIES www.iglss.org
Walter Williams (1994) led the effort and chaired the negotiations to merge ONE Institute (founded by W. Dorr Legg, Don Slater, and others in 1952), which is the world's second oldest ongoing gay research and educational institution in the Western Hemisphere, and the National Gay and Lesbian Archives (founded by Jim Kepner in 1978). Williams was responsible for this merged organization to become affiliated as a special collection with the University of Southern California, and for USC to offer a two-story 14,000 square foot building for this library. ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives is now the largest collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trandgender topics in the world. www.oneinstitute.org
Walter Williams (1996) was the Founding Editor of the INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN REVIEW www.gaybookreviews.info
This was the world's first academic journal to be published
completely online.
ROFL
A gay man that likes little boys, I am shocked.
