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Criminal Complaint Michael David Kirk
Criminal Complaint Michael David Kirk
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the undersigned complainant, being duly sworn, state that the following is
Count One
Coercion and Enticement
(18 U.S.C. § 2422(b))
DAVID KIRK, the defendant, did use any facility and means of interstate and
foreign commerce, that is, the internet and a cellular phone, to knowingly attempt
to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce an individual who had not attained the age
constitute a criminal offense under Hawaii state law, specifically, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, Section 707-730(1)(b). All in violation of Title 18, United States Code,
Section 2422(b ).
Count Two
Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor
(18 U.S.C. § 1470)
DAVID KIRK, the defendant, did use any facility and means of interstate and
foreign commerce, that is, the internet and a cellular phone, to knowingly attempt
to transfer obscene material to another individual who had not attained the age of
16 years, knowing that the individual had not attained the age of 16 years. All in
Investigation ("FBI"), and that this Complaint is based upon the facts set forth in
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JOHN G . :MIKEL
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Complainant
Kenneth J. Mansfield
United States Magistrate Judge
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section. I have been a Special Agent for approximately nine years. I have received
training from the FBI, United States Department of Justice Training Center, Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquent Prevention, and Fox Valley Technical College.
During the course of my work as a Special Agent, I have investigated and received
training for cases involving child sex crimes and child pornography.
3. I am familiar with the facts set forth in this affidavit based upon my
personnel and/or witnesses. This affidavit is intended to show merely that there is
sufficient probable cause for the criminal complaint charging Defendant with
violations of federal law. Accordingly, this affidavit does not set forth all of the
conversations. This affidavit is not intended to include each and every fact and
PROBABLE CAUSE
officer ("the UC") posted a profile on a social media application (referred to herein
as "the App"), which allows users to interact with other users with messages and
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photos. Users can download the App to a mobile phone or digital device, and
wall of a home and pillows, with the text: "Alone, just me and my little girls" with
heart symbols and face emoticons. The profile used the name "Anonymous." The
UC then used this profile to engage messages with individuals who believed the UC
unknown user ("the User"), stating "Lucky you guys :)". The next day, March 23,
2019, the UC responded, "Girls r raring to go and have fun." The User replied,
"What kind of fun are they going to have? And how old are you and them?" The
UC stated thats/he was looking for a "daddy" to teach the girls how to be "women."
scenario between older men and young girls. The User responded, "Oh really
now ... that almost sounds too good to be true." The UC then stated that the
purported minor girls were six, nine, and eleven years old. The User responded, "I
just mean it' s easily something that could tum into trouble. That does sound very
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nice though ... " The User indicated that he did not have sexual experience with
girls that young before, because "[i]t's something I have never had a chance for."
7. Over several hours that followed, the User asked whether the girls had
a dad around, and whether they had "been active with anyone before," (i.e. , whether
they had been sexually active with anyone before). When the UC replied they were
in Hawaii only a few days, the User wrote, "That's a short amount of time to build
up trust lol." The UC asked, "Are u interested?" The User replied, "I am." The
conversation then turned to the specific sexual acts that the User was interested in,
and the User wrote, "I mean I love oral. Anything anal. Love toy play. Playing
with candles and dripping wax. Really anything." The UC discussed other specific
sex acts, and asked whether the User was interested in engaging in sexual acts with
just one child or "all 3?" The User responded: "Yeah. Just if they would be into
it I mean. I would love to see what they look like. And you too."
photos of the UC and the girls, and indicated that the conversation was "risky for
me" because "if you aren't really what you say you are this could tum out much
worse for me." In my training and experience, I believe this was a reference to the
User' s concern that he could be arrested ifthe UC was law enforcement. The UC
later asked the User if he was going to have sex with the six and nine year old girls.
The User replied, "If you wanted me to and they wanted it then yes." Later, he
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wrote, "Would it help if you knew I had a daughter also?" The User and the UC
then proceeded to discuss the sexual acts he would perform on the girls more
vividly, including how he planned on "Going from youngest to oldest they would
take a little bit more in than the last." The User graphically describes his plan to
sexually penetrate the six year-old girl, and perform oral sex on the eleven year-old
girl. The User indicates that it will be hard for him to go to the location where the
girls are, because "it is hard with my wife ... she will ask where I'm going. But
when I get off work tomorrow I could easily come to visit." The User and UC
including a photo of the front of his body and his face. In one photo, he wears a
military uniform, and he tells the UC he is enlisted in the military and has been for
twelve years. He tells the UC that he is thirty (30) years old, and lived in Georgia
before moving to Hawaii. Later in the conversation, he mentions his "wife" and
tells the UC he has "a son on the way right now actually." When the UC asks him
ifhe is serious about meeting up to have sex with the purported girls, the User
states, "I am for real about this. I would not want to disappoint the little ones."
He later writes, "It is hard to believe this is real given how bad of a thing it is."
10. On March 24, 2019, the UC and the User planned to meet in person
for the User to engage in sexual acts with the minor girls. The User asks the UC,
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"can you send me the address on here so I can see how far it is?" The User
explains that he is nervous, because "if you 're fake and the pictures aren't really
you guys then I am setting myself up for prison time." The User then gets into the
shower, and writes, "I'm in the shower now. Would you like to see anything to see
if she would even like first?" The "she" in this message refers to the purported
eleven year-old minor. The User then sends a photograph of the front of a male
body from the vantage point looking down, with an erect penis. He writes, "Do
11 . Later that day, the User writes, "I'm driving now." In response to a
request by the UC, the User proceeds to send several photos of the freeway and
other specific locations along his journey to show that he was in fact on his way to
the meetup location. However, law enforcement officers were present at one of
these specific locations that the User was instructed to visit first. These officers
were provided with photographs that the User sent to the UC via the App. The
officers recognized an individual at that same location that appeared to be the same
individual in the photographs sent by the User. The law enforcement officers
noted the license plate of the vehicle the individual was driving and conducted a
database search for that license plate and vehicle. This database search returned a
registered owner of MICHAEL D KIRK for the vehicle. Personnel from the Naval
Criminal Investigative Service conducted database checks for that name and
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user and some cursory biographical information provided by the User, e.g.
assignment to a submarine, job description, and age. In the meantime, the User
sent a photograph at that location to prove to the UC that he was present at the
location. Before the User arrived at that location, however, there was a technical
difficulty with the exchange of messages on the App, and the User's messages to
the UC were delayed. By the time the UC received the User's messages, the User
stated he had already left the area. Thus, law enforcement did not arrest the User
investigation into the identity of the User. After further identifying MICHAEL
DAVID KIRK as the suspect, I confirmed that details from KIRK's life match the
statements made by the User. KIRK is thirty (30) years old, enlisted in the
military, and was located in Georgia before moving to Hawaii. He has one child
with his wife, and as of March 24, 2019, his wife was pregnant with a second
child. I have viewed records containing known photos of KIRK, and his
appearance is identical to the male in the photos sent by the User to the UC.
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CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing facts, I respectfully submit that probable cause exists
to believe that MICHAEL DAVID KIRK committed the violations of federal law
Respectfully submitted,
~:-~
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation