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3D-printed guns campaigner wanted for sex with minor

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WASHINGTON: who the weapons publishing online with Cody US a has 16-year-old, is Wilson debate played wanted and firearm – caused over a who for A central police Texas is having 3D-printed blueprints panic currently said. role man sex by in outside cates bulwark critics 3D-printed warn the against United they gun weapons give States control, criminals – advo- as but a access “Detectives to untraceabl­e with firearms. the Austin Police Crime Division Department filed a warrant Organized for sexual assault for a Cody Rutledge Wilson, white male, 30 years of

age,” Troy Officer, the command

er of the division, said.

The crime is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison, he said. The investigat­ion began after a counsellor to whom the victim had spoken notified police “that a juvenile female under the age of 17 had reported having sexual contact with a 30-year-old male”.

The victim met Wilson on sugardaddy­meets.com, a website that bills itself as the “Best Sugar Daddy Dating Site for Attractive Women and Wealthy Men Seeking Mutually Beneficial Relationsh­ips”.

Wilson and the 16-year-old had sex at a hotel, and he paid her US$500 (RM2,070), said Officer. Detectives “were able to confirm each step of the victim’s story with videotape and interviews”, he said.

 ?? — Reuters ?? At large: Wilson with an example of a 3D-printed guncalled the ‘Liberator’ designed by his company.
— Reuters At large: Wilson with an example of a 3D-printed guncalled the ‘Liberator’ designed by his company.

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