PAHRUMP, Nev., Sept. 28, 2007

"Person Of Interest" In Sex Tape Search

Nevada Authorities Want To Question Chester Arthur Stiles; Identify Girl As "Madison"

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      Chester Arthur Stiles is being called a "person of interest" by Nevada authorities.  (Las Vegas Police Dept.)

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      Do you know who the girl in the videotape is? If so, please contact the Nye County Sheriff's Department.  (CBS)

    • The Sept. 19, 2007, booking photo of Darren Tuck.

      The Sept. 19, 2007, booking photo of Darren Tuck.  (AP)

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(CBS/AP)  Nevada authorities identified a man on Friday who they want to question as they search for a young girl shown being sexually assaulted in a homemade videotape.

Chester Arthur Stiles, 34, was being called a "person of interest" in the search for a girl with haunting eyes who authorities believe was 4 or 5 years old when she was raped and sexually assaulted in the explicit video, Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said.

Stiles, whose last known address was Las Vegas, also was wanted on unrelated state and federal warrants on charges of sexual assault and lewdness with a minor under 14 years of age, the sheriff said. He is on the FBI's fugitives list.

DeMeo also said the name of the little girl seen on the videotape is a form of "Madison," although he wouldn't give the exact spelling.

"We believe that maybe the mother may not come forward with that information. We allege, based upon what we saw in the video that, this was not the first time that this young lady, this young girl was subject to that type of abuse," DeMeo said in a news conference Friday.

The man who claimed to have found the tape in the Nevada desert could face charges himself.

Darren Tuck, 26, turned over that video to detectives back in early September. At the time, he told detectives he merely found the videotape in the desert while riding his dirt bike.

"He is driving around in the desert. He sees it. He's curious. He picks it up, takes it home, plugs it in, take a few minutes to realize it is what he feared it was - horrible acts being done on a child," attorney Harry Kuehn told Melissa Duran of CBS affiliate KLAS-TV.

Investigators have doubts about that story.

"A reasonable person doesn't hold onto this for five months," Detective David Boruchowitz said. "To me, as a human being and as a father, that is unacceptable and I don't buy it."

Kuehn says Tuck may even have helped in possibly saving the little girl's life.

"That was not his goal, because if that was his goal, he wouldn't have held onto that for five months. And until somebody provides me a reasonable explanation as to why he possibly left this girl in danger, until then, I don't buy it. Unacceptable all around," Boruchowitz told KLAS.

Tuck is being questioned by investigators.

At least he had enough of a conscience to bring the tape forward. He didn't just throw it away," Sheriff Tony DeMeo said. "In that respect, Mr. Tuck has some redeeming qualities. What we want to do now is rescue that girl."

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Boruchowitz said investigators don't think Tuck made the tape. Tuck was arrested Sept. 19 on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography, all felonies. The top charge carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison.

Tuck was released without bail, pending arraignment Nov. 26 in Pahrump Justice Court, a court official said. Pahrump is a small town 60 miles west of Las Vegas.

"Right now, my understanding is he's cooperating with the district attorney's office," Boruchowitz said on The Early Show. "At the time of the investigation, he chose not to talk with us any further once he gave us his initial story."

A second, older girl seen on the tape, about 10 or 12 years old, has been identified.

"We've ensured that she is safe and that she is well. We've ensured that she did not suffer as a victim at the hands of that perpetrator, as did that little girl," Boruchowitz said Thursday on CBS News' The Early Show.


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by coder12-2009 October 1, 2007 2:52 PM EDT
Posted by crzmeat at 06:47 AM : Oct 01, 2007
"Had a ex was traded off my her mom at 10 and the damage is tremendous she will never be whole."

crzmeat - You seem to be concerned about toddlers but not so much about 12 year olds. Any reason in particular you like to hang out in pre-teen game rooms? Big trivia buff? My sources tell me it has a neat little messaging/post feature. You never know who you''re really playing/posting with in there do you? Could be a 13 year old, could be a cop, could be me.

I also received info about where you''re from. Took 20 mins tops. Imagine what I could find out if I really put the word out. I wonder if I did, if you''d show up on any registries.

Pedophiles often have age preferences. It''s horrible if it''s a young child, but ok if it''s a 12 year old. Based on your posts to carolrhill on Sept 29th, imho you seem like one of the latter. I hope everyone posting here takes the time to have a looksee, because it demonstrates the level of manipulation pedos employ. Trying to look like everyone else. I see you.
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by Krazcarl October 1, 2007 9:47 AM EDT
Is anyone out there like me and want to FIND this piece of manure and beat him for every inch of his life? Had a ex was traded off my her mom at 10 and the damage is tremendous she will never be whole. For the fist time in my life I pray when this pervert is caught the police forget thier duty and give this snake what he deserves.
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by coder12-2009 September 30, 2007 11:06 PM EDT
If you''ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. Seems to me people who have something to hide usually end up on the short end of the baton. As it should be.

Thank God for law enforcement. Put a camera on every corner I say. Anything that helps them do the tough job they have.
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by Krazcarl September 30, 2007 6:28 PM EDT
screen_Ident are you retarded does someone have to point out for the keys for you to type. Bill had nothing to do with this period. Your to ignorant to be a troll your just plain stupid. If no one has told you and your to igorant to read this is about a poor child that someone abused and thought it was funny. Has nothing to do with Bill and your lame excuse to point your finger at Bill.
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by Krazcarl September 30, 2007 6:12 PM EDT
KILL THE *** IF YOU DON"T HAVE THE NUTS I DO.
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by name_verify September 29, 2007 10:05 PM EDT
Bill Clinton did this too?
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by tbweb September 29, 2007 10:05 PM EDT
This man is proof positive that humans are animals first and only rise above that with family values and education. Without family values and education the human animal turns into this guy, a beast.
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by biker-n-oh September 29, 2007 6:50 PM EDT
Use his nuuuuts as target practice with a BB gun!
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by lastdance2 September 29, 2007 12:08 PM EDT
RE : tmkgls - the rest of you !

If you wanta photo of a - Child Predator - Go down to your Federal Building
There are lots of photos of : J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover" (FBI Director)
Often enjoyed : A romp in bed with : "Young Boys"
Video tapped - Statements : From former FBI agents :
Describing how - They delivered Young Boys - For S*e*x* -
Is evidenced to that ! ! ! !


If those Young Boys, came from Juvenile Detention Centers.
They may - "Not" - of had any - Choice in the matter
That Activity - Now turns into a : Child - S*e*x* - Slave Trafficking Operation.

Lastdance
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by cryonbrian September 29, 2007 9:58 AM EDT
People I am neither White nor Black, so what is your point? LOL
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by closethippy1 September 29, 2007 5:20 AM EDT
I don''t think I would have hold on to that tape for five months before turning it in to the police but let me tell you something: If I ever find a video of a girl of any age being sexually assaulted the last people I''d give it to is the police.
So even if I turned in the video the second I found it I don''t know for sure what they are going to think of me. They can give it to a forensic lab and determine the tape is 5 years old and then think I''ve had it for that long or, heck, at least a year!
My fingerprints are on it and no one else''s. I''m f''cked. There''s a very good chance I''ll be wasting the rest of my life in prison.
Let me put it this way: Out of the 8 million people who are now in prison around the world, 2 million of them, that is 25% of them, are in prison right here in the USA.
Call it a good thing or a bad thing but one thing is for sure, US law enforcement are on some sort of witch hunt and the last thing I need is for them to believe I can fly on a broom.
I have to admit I''m simply petrified of the police. All you have to do is look at them the wrong way and that''s enough probable cause for them to stop you and search you and who knows what else.
I''m not happy and certainly it doesn''t give me any pride to see our police behave so aggressively when they "catch" someone.
The best thing to do is to walk by the police in silence, looking at the ground, and walk as fast as you can to get away from them.
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by myasdream September 29, 2007 4:04 AM EDT
And who abuses their women more than the blk man????? Come on give me a break!!!! Wanna blame someone, look in da mirror before you start pointing fingers. im sick of this ***! This little girl is precious i wouldn''t care if she was purple, nobody deserves to be degraded the way she was......
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:29 AM EDT
sbbm from cbs front page http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/28/national/main3310890.shtml
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:28 AM EDT
sbbm
A girl who was shown on a videotape being sexually assaulted has been found and is safe, officials in Nye County, Nevada, said Friday.


Chester Arthur Stiles, 34, is being sought as a suspect, police say.

1 of 2 "We have found the child, Madison. She''s safe. The detectives say she is in good condition," Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said.

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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:26 AM EDT
In more than 28 countries in Africa, female genital mutilation is practised (Amnesty International, 1997).
In Niger 76% of the poorest young women will marry before the age of 18 (UNFPA 2003).
97% of married women in Egypt aged 15 to 49 have undergone female genital mutilation (WHO survey, 1996).
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:24 AM EDT
In the USA a woman is raped every 90 seconds (US Department of Justice, 2000).
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:22 AM EDT
In the Democratic Republic of Congo 5,000 cases of rape, corresponding to an average of 40 a day, were recorded in the Uvira area by women associations since October 2002 (UN 2003).
In Rwanda between 250,000 and 500,000 women, or about 20% of women, were raped during the 1994 genocide (International Red Cross report, 2002).
In Sierra Leone 94 per cent of displaced households surveyed had experienced sexual assaults, including rape, torture and sexual slavery (Physicians for Human Rights, 2002).

yep, cryonbrian, its all the white mans fault. you poor victim you.
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:20 AM EDT
When and where was she found??? I asked Susan but she''''s left the site...

Posted by sbbm

Las Vegas, her mom called the cops after hearing her name. watch the news, cops just had a news conference.
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:18 AM EDT
In South Africa 147 women are raped every day.
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by johnny_chaos September 29, 2007 2:17 AM EDT
sorry, not congo, Namibia.
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