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FBI: Washington sex tourist paid hungry kids for child porn
‘If you want me to send you money for food you better get online’
By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Published 12:25 pm, Tuesday, August 2, 2016
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FBI agents recently raided the rural Snohomish County home of Joe Grubbs. Grubbs, most recently of Camano Island, now faces federal child pornography charges. 
FBI agents recently raided the rural Snohomish County home of Joe Grubbs. Grubbs, most recently of Camano Island, now faces federal child pornography charges.

A Washington state man accused of paying impoverished Filipino women to sexually abuse their children on camera now faces federal charges.
Federal prosecutors in Seattle claim Joseph Grubbs spent years exchanging sexually explicit messages with mothers abroad and arranging to rape their children. Grubbs, 67, was targeted by the FBI in December after a tip from Yahoo.
Company security flagged an exchange between an email belonging to Grubbs and a woman in the Philippines, an Everett-based FBI agent said in charging papers. Investigators claim the woman sent Grubbs sexually explicit photos of a 10- to 12-year-old girl. Investigators claim to have tracked the exchange to Grubbs’ Stanwood home.
As it turned out, Stanwood police had received a tip five years before that Grubbs had child pornography at his home. According to charging papers, the tipster told police Grubbs had traveled to the Philippines in November 2009, and that he had child pornography on his computer.
Writing the court, the FBI special agent said images recovered during the investigation appear to have been made in the Philippines. The agent claimed Grubbs was involved in an extensive online chat with other Yahoo users interested in child abuse and child pornography.

As early as May 2012, Grubbs praised in graphic terms sexually explicit photos of an infant, the FBI agent said in charging papers. Grubbs is alleged to have arranged to meet one girl, who described herself as 13, during a visit to the Philippines.
During their text exchange, the girl asked Grubbs to “pay for me … just for foods for my family,” according to charging documents.
“I want to see you on cam first honey,” Grubbs replied, according to charging papers.

“If you want me to send you money for food,” he is alleged to have continued, “you better get online.”
Investigators claim the girl went on to offer a 9-year-old family member to Grubbs.
In another chat exchange months later, Grubbs discussed the 13-year-old’s genitals and asked her to send him pornographic photos of herself, the FBI agent continued.
Other chat exchanges recovered during the investigation follow a similar line. In one, a woman who appears to be arranging a child sex show for Grubbs explains she pays girls about $6 to have sex on camera. Grubbs is alleged to have offered to pay the woman $27 to have sex with a girl during a visit to the Philippines.
Travel records show Grubbs regularly visited the Philippines between 1995 and March 2016.
On July 14, FBI agents looking for Grubbs found him living in an RV on Camano Island. According to charging papers, Grubbs claimed he had a second home in the Philippines.
Investigators searched Grubb’s home on July 26. He was arrested and has since been charged with child pornography offenses in U.S. District Court at Seattle. He remains jailed and is expected to return to court Aug. 10 for a preliminary hearing.
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Seattlepi.com reporter Levi Pulkkinen can be reached at 206-448-8348 or levipulkkinen@seattlepi.com.
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