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Rogers was arrested Friday at the U.S. Port of Entry in San Luis, Ariz., after being picked up from the Yuma airport by an undercover officer. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he allegedly tried to book a sex tour to Mexico that would include “relaxation intimacy” with a 13- or 14-year-old boy.
Cited in the criminal complaint, Rogers allegedly contacted the undercover officer in January, eventually booking a tour for the night of June 19 to the 20th.
If convicted, Rogers could face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison or a $250,000 fine, or both.
ICE spokesman Vincent Picard said this was Rogers’ first suspicion of involvement with the child sex tourism business. Since ICE launched its Operation Predator undercover campaign in Yuma in 1997, 43 other people have been arrested on similar suspicions.

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A Tucson school district superintendent resigned Tuesday after he was arrested on sex tourism charges, according to a statement from the Tanque Verde Unified School District.
District officials had placed Albert Thomas Rogers, 51, on administrative leave Tuesday following his Friday arrest in Yuma, the statement said. Rogers submitted his letter of resignation shortly after.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took Rogers into custody Friday when he arrived for a “relaxation intimacy” tour in Mexico that was to include sexual acts with a 13- to 14-year-old boy, according to an ICE report.
Undercover ICE officials had apparently been planning the sting since January, when Rogers reportedly contacted an undercover special agent about the tour, the report said. Authorities said Rogers had submitted a reservation form to the undercover operation and a $50 deposit in February, requesting June 19 as his tour date.

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If Rogers is convicted on a charge of travel with intent to engage in sex with a juvenile, the maximum statutory penalty is 30 years and/or a $250,000 fine, said Wyn Hornbuckle, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona.
“It’s almost indescribably painful,” said Tanque Verde Governing Board President Steven Auslander. “Tom has been an exemplary superintendent, which is what we had all hoped he would be when we interviewed him for this position over two years ago.”
The criminal complaint outlines a seven-month investigation that began online in December and concluded Friday at the San Luis Port of Entry, south of Yuma.
According to the complaint:
On Dec. 13, 2008, using a screen name of “rawbear,” Rogers made contact with undercover federal agents regarding a child-sex tour to Mexico. On Jan. 2, an undercover agent acting as a proprietor of a child-sex tourism business e-mailed Rogers a tour reservation application after he had mentioned he was considering a trip in late February.

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Vincent Picard, spokesman for ICE, said that they are seeking a grand jury indictment on Rogers. Rogers appeared before U.S. Magistrate Jay Irwin in Yuma on Monday, and he is currently charged with one count of travel and attempt to travel with intent to engage in sex with a juvenile.  
Picard said he will be transferred to Phoenix for a detention hearing Thursday in federal court to determine whether he would be released on bail or remain in custody.
Wyn Hornbuckle, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona, said that if convicted Rogers could face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.
Picard said this is Rogers’ first suspicion of involvement with the child sex tourism business, and that since ICE launched its Operation Predator undercover campaign in Yuma in 1997, they have arrested 43 other people on similar suspicions. 

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Superintendent arrested on ‘sex tourism‘ charges
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) – Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement arrested Tanque Verde superintendent Albert Thomas Rogers on suspicion of child sexual exploitation.
Rogers, 51, contacted an undercover agent in January about going on a trip to Mexico that involved sexually abusing children, agents said in a press release. They made the arrest Friday.
Rogers said in conversations with undercover agents that he wished to spend ”relaxation intimacy” — including anal and oral sex– with teenage boys, officials said.
In February, agents collected a $50 deposit on the trip from Rogers as well as a filled-out reservation form in Yuma, Ariz.
Rogers is currently employed as the superintendent of Tanque Verde Schools. He’s also an associate principal at Emily Gray Junior High.
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ICE agents began an undercover sex tourism operation in Yuma, Ariz. in 1997. Since then, agents have arrested 43 suspects including Rogers.

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On Friday in Yuma, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 51-year-old Albert Thomas Rogers, known as “Tom Rogers,” a press release from the federal agency says. Rogers had arrived in Yuma for a tour that was set to include sexual exploitation of 13- to 14-year-old boys in Mexico, the release says.
Rogers, who also serves as associate principal at Emily Gray Junior High School in Tucson, had contacted an undercover federal agent about the tour in January and submitted a reservation in February, including a $50 deposit. He expressed interest in spending “relaxation intimacy,” to include oral and anal sex, with the Mexican boys, the release said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working with the Tucson Police to determine if Rogers’ suspected criminal activity extended to the school district, the release said.
Since starting its undercover sex tourism operation in Yuma in 1997, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 43 suspects, including Rogers.

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