A 32-year-old Cuba, Missouri man has been arrested and held on $100,000 bond after police captured him attempting to enlist the help of someone he met on Craigslist in the commission of a rape.
Anthony Brinkman allegedly posted a Craigslist ad looking for someone to assist him in sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The person who eventually responded to his ad was actually an undercover officer at Missouri’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
According to reports, the Craigslist ad stated that he wanted someone to assault the girl with sex toys, and that he was also looking for someone to be her “boyfriend.”
There are conflicting reports as to exact identity of the 11-year-old girl. St. Louis’ KMOV and theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch simply called the girl a “relative,” while Rawstory says that the little girl is the man’s daughter. The story is just as sick either way.
Police first caught wind of the odd Craigslist ad when one user clicked to report the ad as abusive. After than, an officer posed as a 27-year-old woman and responded to Brinkman’s request. Brinkman allegedly sent photos of the girl to the officer before suggesting that they meet at a local Cracker Barrel for a sort of “test” run. The deal was that if the officer (still posing as an interested party) liked the girl, they could then go back and complete the acts.