JBLM staff sergeant arrested on suspicion of child sex crimes

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A Joint Base Lewis-McChord staff sergeant was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child sex crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release.

Moeun Yoeun, 37, was arrested “on a criminal complaint charging him with traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual contact and possession of child pornography.”

Investigators started looking into Yoeun when Facebook told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone was trying to get minors to send sexual images, and that the person was making plans to travel to the Philippines to have sex with minors.

JBLM staff sergeant arrested on suspicion of child sex crimes

JBLM staff sergeant Moeun Yoeun was arrested March 6, 2019 on a criminal complaint that charges him with traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual contact and possession of child pornography.

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The Philippines is actually a beautiful country, people like this ruin it.

 

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A former soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington received a 22-year prison sentence on Feb. 16 for sex trafficking children, producing images of child sexual abuse and traveling to sexually abuse children, according to press release from a U.S. district court in Washington.

Staff Sgt. Moeun Yoeun, 40, from Steilacoom, Washington, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to the crimes, admitting he threatened young girls in the Philippines with death if they refused his assaults, according to the release from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. He was arrested in March 2019 and faced a maximum penalty of up to life in prison according to another release from the court.

“Mr. Yoeun weaponized his position of trust as a noncommissioned officer in the United States Army, to sexually exploit and cause irreversible trauma to impoverished girls in the Philippines,” prosecutor Nick Brown said in the statement. “He cruelly threatened their lives if they tried to flee from his violent sexual assaults. This lengthy sentence is necessary to deter Mr. Yoeun and others who prey on children.”

In his plea agreement, Yoeun admitted to getting adults and children in the Philippines to help him recruit more than a dozen minors to produce pornography, even several years prior to his December trip overseas. He also admitted to traveling to the Philippines and engaging in sexual acts with at least six children in exchange for money.

When Yoeun is eventually released from prison, he will be required to register as a sex offender and will be on federal supervision for 15 years, the court release added.

Ex-soldier sentenced for child sex crimes in Philippines

An ex-soldier received a 22-year prison sentence for child sex crimes in Philippines.

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