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'''Alan T. Panda''' (real name '''Alan David Berlin''', also known as '''Furrypanda''' and '''Alan Panda Bear'''; born November 14, 1968)<ref name="AlanTPanda">[http://furrypanda.livejournal.com/profile Alan T. Panda's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 30, 2009</ref> is a [[fursuiter]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], U.S.A.<ref name="AlanTPanda"/>
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'''Alan T. Panda''' (real name '''Alan David Berlin''', also known as '''Furrypanda''' and '''Alan Panda Bear'''; born November 14, 1968)<ref name="AlanTPanda">[http://furrypanda.livejournal.com/profile Alan T. Panda's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 30, 2009</ref> is a [[babyfur]] and [[fursuiter]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], U.S.A.<ref name="AlanTPanda"/>
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==

Revision as of 15:13, 30 May 2009

Alan T. Panda (real name Alan David Berlin, also known as Furrypanda and Alan Panda Bear; born November 14, 1968)[1] is a babyfur and fursuiter who lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.[1]

Controversy

On Thursday, May 28, 2009, Berlin was arrested on accusations he propositioned a fifteen-year-old boy over the internet.[2][3][4]

According to investigators, Berlin communicated with the boy on seven different days between April 27 and May 25, 2009, in a series of instant messages and online chats.[3] It is alleged that Berlin discussed dressing up in animal costumes and engaging in sex with the boy,[3] and that he proposed traveling to the boy's home and having sex in the backyard and in a shed on his parents' property.[3] It is also alleged that Berlin offered to arrange a meeting in a hotel room so he could take photographs of the boy and another adult having sex.[3]

After the boy's parents found sexually explicit messages on his computer,[4] they contacted the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit,[3] and forty-eight hours later Berlin was arrested.

Some of the messages originated from a computer in the Pittsburgh state senate[3] where Berlin had worked since 1993,[3] as an aide to republican senator Jane Orie.[4] Upon hearing of the allegations, Senator Orie suspended Berlin without pay, and he was later fired.[4]

Investigators believe that Berlin and the boy met on a furry internet site.[3] When Berlin's home was searched, wolf and cat-like costumes were found.[4]

Berlin was arraigned before District Judge George Zozos and taken to the Dauphin County Jail on $250,000 bail.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alan T. Panda's profile on LiveJournal. Retrieved May 30, 2009
  2. "Pa. Senate Aide Allegedly Wanted Sex With Teen" on the website of Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV television station. Dated May 29, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Orie aide accused of soliciting teen for 'furry' sex" on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dated May 30, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "'Shocked, Appalled' McCandless Sen. Fires Staffer Accused Of Seeking Kid Sex" on thepittsburghchannel.com. Dated May 29, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009

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