Man charged with alleged sex crimes involving his kids

Herald staff

KENT – A SeaTac man has been charged with sexually assaulting his son and daughter and forcing them to watch child pornography downloaded from the Internet.

The 35-year-old man, whose name is being withheld to protect his children, told detectives he’d had sex with his 10-year-old daughter for the past three years and with his 12-year-old son for two years.

He also said he made his children view sexual material downloaded from the Internet, according to court documents.

He was being held on $100,000 bail and was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in King County Superior Court.

The children were removed from the home by state Child Protective Services after charges were filed against their father June 29. A couple who babysat for them called CPS after noting a hickey on the girl’s neck that she said her father had given her.

The children’s mother initially said her husband showered with their daughter occasionally, and she had suspected something might be going on.

She later admitted she had yelled at him for giving the little girl a hickey. She said she had refused to participate in sex with the children and had told them they should not look at the pornographic images.

No charges had been filed against her.

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