Charles Cohen: Electronic Music Sex Offender
Charles Cohen was an electronic music creator born on October 9th,
1945. He was from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, and considered
a pioneer in synthesizers. In interviews, he came off as a, “quiet
man with a sardonic sense of humor”.
On
September 28th, 2015, Cohen was arrested and charged with
criminal attempt of involuntary deviant sexual intercourse with a
child under 16, unlawful contact with a minor, and criminal use of a
communication facility.
In
what was described as an ‘undercover sting operation’, Cohen
placed a personal ad on craigslist where he stated that he was
looking for a, “skinny smooth versatile white guy” for sex. He
received a response from someone claiming to be a 14 year old boy,
who was in reality, an undercover detective. The detective agree to
meet Cohen for oral sex during daytime and at a shopping center
parking lot in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. When Cohen showed up
to the meeting, he was arrested.
Police
were described as having recovered a cell phone that showed the last
message sent from the undercover detective. The detective was later
lauded from the District Attorney Kevin Steele.
An
associate collaborator of Cohen’s stated that they were
“speechless….But not shocked”.
When
the arrest happened, Cohen’s bail was set to 100,000 dollars, which
he later made. At the time, he had a European tour was planned, as he
had an album having recently came out; the tour was later canceled.
When the tour was cancelled, Cohen’s record label representative
Rabih Beaini of Morphine Records stated that they were shocked and
had not known about the charges.
Cohen’s
attorney, Scott Harper, stated, ““It’s a shame that law
enforcement chooses to badger and trick my elderly client into
communicating in a way that he never intended. Fooling, tricking and
scamming elderly people over the Internet is like shooting fish in a
barrel. It’s my opinion — and not necessarily my client’s —
that the cop’s behavior was more reprehensible than the charges he
filed against my client. I’m sure Montgomery County has a backlog
of child abuse investigations concerning real children and instead of
focusing on the real abusers and real victims, they have decided to
devote their limited resources to entrapping people with fake
victims.”
Originally,
his charges would have had a maximum sentence of 20 years each,
though Cohen was in poor health at the time, and ultimately served 5
months in prison. He was released July 29th 2017. Cohen’s
frail health was due to Parkinson’s disease, and on September 29th,
2017, he passed away.
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