Man Accused Of Sex Crimes On Teens Back In Trouble
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) - A man already in trouble for allegedly trafficking children for sex is accused of being in contact with underage boys again.
Sean Travis Crumpler, 50, appeared in court Tuesday afternoon for violating his bond. Prosecutors believe Crumpler is once again recruiting minors.
Crumpler was first arrested in 2015, accused of luring teens to live with him in exchange for sex. Crumpler is also HIV positive, according to court documents.
On Tuesday a judge raised Crumpler's bond to $500,000 cash.
There are also a lot of questions as to why a registered sex offender wearing a GPS and being monitored by Pretrial Services was able to have access to minor boys.
Police say Crumpler violated his bond by being in contact with minors -- specifically two 17-year-old boys -- and using devices to be on the social media site Grindr
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Crumpler isn't supposed to use the internet or his phone for anything other than work. He's also supposed to stay away from minors. But police claim Crumpler was renting a room at a Westminster hotel where four people were staying and Crumpler was providing food, clothes and more.
According to the arrest affidavit, when an FBI fugitive team stormed the room everyone inside was naked -- Ricardo Barron, Coddie Favala and two 17 year-old boys.
Barron and Favala were arrested for outstanding warrants related to Crumpler's original human trafficking case. They are codefendants from the human trafficking case and Crumpler should not be in contact with them.
Barron and Favala have also claimed to be in a polyamorous relationship with Crumpler.
When police entered the Cottonwood Suites in Westminster they say they found alcohol bottles, unopened condoms, female wigs, and makeup all over the room.
CBS4 called Pretrail Services. They are looking into some of CBS4's questions about the monitoring of Crumpler.
CBS4's Jennifer Brice spoke with Arapahoe County Judicial Services division manager Brad Kamby. Kamby's team deals with the pretrial conditions of Crumpler's bond as he awaits trial.
Kamby says Crumpler was being monitored with a GPS with an exclusion zone, ordered to stay away from victims in his original trafficking case. Other than that, there was no restriction on where he could go.
Prosecutors say Crumpler visited the home of two minors and the Cottonwood Suites, where the minors had been staying. Crumpler's codefendants were also there according to court documents.
Kamby says GPS is a limited tool for his office and his staff does not have the same capabilities as law enforcement, specifically being armed or access to searching electronic devices.
Prosecutors told a judge Tuesday afternoon that Crumpler has also registered himself as a sex offender at a home in Thornton where an infant and toddler are believed to be living.
Kamby says his office does not have the ability to do home visits, that much of the pretrial conditions of the bond are based on an honor system for the suspect. Kamby says his office has no way of ensuring what a person is or is not doing.
Crumpler's trial is set for April.
Jennifer Brice is a reporter with CBS4 focusing on crime and courts. Follow her on Facebook or on Twitter @CBS4Jenn.
