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Michigan Man Charged with Sexual Abuse of Minors in Haiti
A Michigan man has been charged with traveling in foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors.
Matthew Andrew Carter, 66, of Brighton, Mich., was charged in a superseding indictment filed yesterday in the Southern District of Florida with four counts of traveling in foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors.
Carter, who also went by the names “William Charles Harcourt” and “Bill Carter,” operated the Morning Star Center, a residential facility located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that provided food and shelter to minors, according to court documents.
“The acts that the defendant is charged with committing, quite simply, defy belief,” said Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. “As charged in the indictment, he preyed upon and terrorized impoverished Haitian children who were in dire need of the services offered by the Morning Star Center – the very children he was purporting to help.”
According to court documents, Carter allegedly sexually abused several minors in his care and custody at Morning Star Center since the mid-1990s. He frequently traveled back and forth between the United States and the center in Haiti, often to raise funds for the continued operation of the center.
Carter is currently detained. The case against him was investigated by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Miami; the ICE HSI Assistant Attache’s Office in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and the ICE HSI Santo Domingo Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit.
Substantial assistance was provided by the FBI’s Washington and Miami Field Offices, the U.S. Secret Service in Miami, and the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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