MINNEAPOIS – A federal deportation agent has been arrested on a charge that that he engaged in sex with a teen-age girl and videoed it. The chid-porn criminal complaint doesn’t say where the crime occurred, but said that Rochester police were involved in the investigation. There were FBI agents, on loan to the U.S. Immigration Contral and Enforcement agency for a mid-February raid in Rochester. The complaint identified the arrested agent as Timothy Ryan Gregg, age 51, of the St. Paul suburb of Eagan. Gregg was arrested at home. According to the criminal complaint, the father of a 17-year-ood girl found sexually explicit photos and videos of Gregg and the girl on the her cell phone. The encouter was at a hotels with rooms booked by Gregg using his ICE email account. When interviewed, the girl said the sex was consensual. Nonetheless she was underage.
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Joseph Thompson, acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota: “I am proud of the swift and decisive action of the FBI and the Rochester Police Department, who responded immediately and worked together to take Gregg safely into custody.”
Alvin M. Winston Sr., FBI special agent in charge in Minneapolis: “The allegations in this case represent a gross violation of both the law and the responsibilities entrusted to those who wear a badge. There is no place in law enforcement — or in any position of public trust — for those who exploit minors. The FBI remains steadfast in our commitment to investigate such acts and ensure that no one is above the law, regardless of their rank or role.”
Gregg. Charged with coercing and enticing a minor into sexually explicit conduct for child pornography.