LITTLE ROCK, AR – A Little Rock man faces several child porn charges after deputies say he told them it was his job to teach little girls how to have sex. The man’s statement to officers led them to search Thurman Baker’s home where they say they found child porn.
Baker pleaded not guilty Wednesday in court and would not be in jail if it hadn’t been for a Little Rock mother who called deputies Tuesday after she says Baker asked if he could have sex with her ten-year-old daughter.
Alisha Bongfeldt moved to Little Rock in July. Soon, she says she started noticing her neighbor, Baker, paying special attention to her 10-year-old daughter.
“I’d holler out the door and he’d, you know, scoot back, just real sneaky like,” says Bongfeldt.
Bongfeldt and her husband confronted Baker, but say he did not listen.
“Stopping her in the middle of the road when he’s coming home asking about what are you doing? That’s a pretty dress,” she says.
The mother decided it was time to call police Tuesday after her neighbor gave her a ride home from her kids’ bus stop.
“He said a couple of months ago, I thought that you was offering me Abigail. And I’m like, dude, you, before you say anything else, the next words that come out of your mouth you need to think about,” she says.
Bongfeldt says Baker kept pressing her to let him have sex with Abigail.
“And I was like, no I’m not offering my 10yo daughter to an old man. I said, dude, my husband will kill you. Stay away from my kid and I jumped out the truck and went straight to my neighbor’s. I was numb and I was waiting to wake up,” she says.
When deputies confronted Baker, they say he told them everyone was telling him it was his job to get little girls ready for sex.
“The officer told me that if I had waited to call the police from his own statements, he would have acted on my suspicions that my gut feeling was correct. It’s sickening. It’s really sickening. He’s 50 something years old,” says Bongfeldt.
Deputies report finding child porn on Baker’s computer. While Bongfeldt knows he’s never been alone with Abigail, she remains concerned.
“I was scared because for someone to be so bold and to come to me and asked me about my daughter, what is he going to do next?”
Baker’s bond is set at 185-thousand dollars. Deputies tell FOX16 they found two glass pipes in his home, so he also faces drug paraphernalia charges. Baker got five years of probation in 2006 on a meth conviction.
Baker pleaded not guilty Wednesday in court and would not be in jail if it hadn’t been for a Little Rock mother who called deputies Tuesday after she says Baker asked if he could have sex with her ten-year-old daughter.
Alisha Bongfeldt moved to Little Rock in July. Soon, she says she started noticing her neighbor, Baker, paying special attention to her 10-year-old daughter.
“I’d holler out the door and he’d, you know, scoot back, just real sneaky like,” says Bongfeldt.
Bongfeldt and her husband confronted Baker, but say he did not listen.
“Stopping her in the middle of the road when he’s coming home asking about what are you doing? That’s a pretty dress,” she says.
The mother decided it was time to call police Tuesday after her neighbor gave her a ride home from her kids’ bus stop.
“He said a couple of months ago, I thought that you was offering me Abigail. And I’m like, dude, you, before you say anything else, the next words that come out of your mouth you need to think about,” she says.
Bongfeldt says Baker kept pressing her to let him have sex with Abigail.
“And I was like, no I’m not offering my 10yo daughter to an old man. I said, dude, my husband will kill you. Stay away from my kid and I jumped out the truck and went straight to my neighbor’s. I was numb and I was waiting to wake up,” she says.
When deputies confronted Baker, they say he told them everyone was telling him it was his job to get little girls ready for sex.
“The officer told me that if I had waited to call the police from his own statements, he would have acted on my suspicions that my gut feeling was correct. It’s sickening. It’s really sickening. He’s 50 something years old,” says Bongfeldt.
Deputies report finding child porn on Baker’s computer. While Bongfeldt knows he’s never been alone with Abigail, she remains concerned.
“I was scared because for someone to be so bold and to come to me and asked me about my daughter, what is he going to do next?”
Baker’s bond is set at 185-thousand dollars. Deputies tell FOX16 they found two glass pipes in his home, so he also faces drug paraphernalia charges. Baker got five years of probation in 2006 on a meth conviction.
