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A seminary student accused of traveling from Ohio to San Diego with the intent of going to Tijuana to have sex with female infants should be held without bail because he is a flight risk and a danger to the community, a prosecutor told a federal judge Monday.
Joel Alexander Wright, 23, was arrested at Lindbergh Field on Friday and charged with traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
The defendant, clad in white jumpsuit with a chain between his ankles, was advised of the charges against him and had an attorney appointed to represent him.
Magistrate Judge Bernard Skomal scheduled a detention hearing for Thursday.
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