West Seattle Crime Watch followup: Everett firefighter charged after underage-prostitute sting arrest in West Seattle

Followup on our report last week about a 60-year-old offduty Everett firefighter arrested last Wednesday in West Seattle, where police say he was expecting to be led to a (nonexistent) 15-year-old girl being pimped by her (also nonexistent) father, as arranged in online exchanges with someone who actually was an SPD detective: According to documents just sent by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, David P. Vier is now charged with one count of attempted commercial sexual abuse of a minor.

Most of the details of the allegations are in our report from last Thursday, but the charging document has one more detail, saying that Vier had asked the “father” if he had other children he could bring to the rendezvous (they agreed to meet outside the 35th/Avalon Taco Time, and then Vier was expecting to follow the “father” to an unspecified nearby apartment building). Prosecutors say they didn’t know that part at Vier’s bail hearing last week and want his bail increased to $75,000 because he is “a serious danger to minors”; at that first hearing, his bail was set at $50,000, and he posted bond and left jail hours later. While Vier has no criminal convictions, he has been investigated for domestic violence and burglary, according to the Everett Herald. His next appearance is set for December 3rd.

4 Replies to "West Seattle Crime Watch followup: Everett firefighter charged after underage-prostitute sting arrest in West Seattle"

  • JanS November 24, 2014 (10:32 am)

    sounds like a fine upstanding guy :-\

  • Kayo November 24, 2014 (10:37 am)

    Great job catching this creep, SPD!

  • alki resident November 24, 2014 (2:13 pm)

    Best news I’ve heard all day. How many other upstanding citizens will this project collect? This guy has done this a lot but finally got caught. I wonder how many kids he’s actually had sex with before. Once a predator always one. I hope to God he’s not sincerely sorry.

  • dhg November 29, 2014 (5:41 pm)

    There was no sex, just an old man and his fantasy.

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