Andrew Franz: Seattle University professor arrested in Colorado sex sting
This week brings yet another sex scandal for my alma mater Seattle University...and this one not involving members of the clergy:
Using the username sugardad4u33, the suspect apparently began chatting last December with an undercover agent posing as the mother of a 13 year old girl. After the meeting was arranged, Franz told the "mother" that he'd bring muscle relaxants and alcohol for the girl (and that's not all...when arrested, he also had a necklace adorned with cherries, some Viagra and lingerie). Doesn't take much to guess he what he was planning.
Oh...and If that wasn't creepy enough, Franz also supposedly commented that the girls at Seattle University were "too old" for his interests. Because everyone knows that 18 is the new 40.
After the jump, check out the full e-mail that Seattle University's outgoing provost John Eshelman sent to the student body shortly after news of Franz's arrest broke. Not much new information in Eshelman's letter, but the message is clear: SU wants to distance itself from this suspect as much and as quickly as possible:
Andrew Douglas Franz, an associate professor of military science at SU, was arrested Friday by the Canon City Police Department after he flew into the Colorado town about an hour away from Colorado Springs.If the details provided in this King 5 broadcast are any indicator, Andrew Franz is in some serious hot water.
Franz, 41, believed he was meeting an underage female he had corresponded with online, authorities said. He didn't know he had been communicating with investigators from the Fremont County Combined Investigative Response Team.
Using the username sugardad4u33, the suspect apparently began chatting last December with an undercover agent posing as the mother of a 13 year old girl. After the meeting was arranged, Franz told the "mother" that he'd bring muscle relaxants and alcohol for the girl (and that's not all...when arrested, he also had a necklace adorned with cherries, some Viagra and lingerie). Doesn't take much to guess he what he was planning.
Oh...and If that wasn't creepy enough, Franz also supposedly commented that the girls at Seattle University were "too old" for his interests. Because everyone knows that 18 is the new 40.
After the jump, check out the full e-mail that Seattle University's outgoing provost John Eshelman sent to the student body shortly after news of Franz's arrest broke. Not much new information in Eshelman's letter, but the message is clear: SU wants to distance itself from this suspect as much and as quickly as possible:
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,According to SU's student newspaper The Spectator, Franz will be formally charged on May 27. More on this as it develops.
A Colorado media outlet has reported that Andrew Franz, an assistant professor in the ROTC program has been arrested and charged in that state in an incident last week that allegedly involved intended sexual contact with a minor.
Franz was appointed to the ROTC program by the U.S. Army as an employee of a Virginia company called Communications Technologies, which provides personnel to the Department of Defense for ROTC programs around the country.
Franz first taught at SU in 2000 and is scheduled to return to active duty status June 1 for deployment with his National Guard unit to Iraq.
The university is cooperating with Colorado law enforcement authorities in their handling of the case.
I have directed the Army to end Franz’ assignment with the university.
Our university policy is clear: we have zero tolerance of any sexual abuse of a minor.
Sincerely,
John D. Eshelman
Provost
I mean, if he had made it to Iraq, they might have given him his own KBR/Halliburton container.
Send the sucker to Perugia.
Tazia
The other creepy part is that he was married just a month before his arrest! To one of his former students who was 18 years his junior.
You sayin, there are intergenational and control or grooming aspects to the freak, darn it, who would have thought the sick fuck was like dat,
The important thing is that we let justice take its course, and allow the pervert bastard his day in court without pre-judging things.
Tazia
While disgusting for sure, remember the constitution states that you are innocent until proven guilty. While Mr Franz has a long and difficult road to go, dont cast aside the essential freedoms he helped to defend as a soldier.