Raymond S. Sulak, 65, of Port Orchard, Washington, was sentenced on July 29 to 10 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for attempted online enticement of a minor, according to First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano. United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice also ordered Sulak to pay $28,000 in restitution to multiple minor victims and imposed a $40,000 fine.
Court documents show that between July 25 and July 27, 2024, Sulak communicated via internet applications with an undercover law enforcement agent posing as the mother of two girls aged nine and twelve in Eastern Washington. During these communications while Sulak was at his residence in Port Orchard and the agent was in Chelan County, Sulak expressed clear intentions regarding sexual activity with the minors. He obtained sexually transmitted disease testing results so that he could have unprotected intercourse with the purported children.
Sulak traveled by motorcycle to Wenatchee on July 27 intending to meet the minors at a location specified by law enforcement. Upon arrival, he was arrested; officers found electronic devices and items including STD test results and male enhancement medication during searches. Subsequent forensic examination uncovered chats between Sulak and the undercover officer as well as images and videos depicting child sexual abuse. Investigators identified files involving previously known victims from unrelated cases and found evidence that Sulak had coordinated further offenses with other individuals.
Sulak was indicted by a grand jury on February 19, 2025, for attempted online enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography. He was arrested at his home on February 21 by federal agents along with state task forces.
“This investigation highlights the value of proactive investigations to identify sexual predators who seek to abuse children in our community,” said First Assistant Serrano. “The cooperative efforts of our federal, state and local law enforcement prevented the sexual abuse of another child and identified image and video files possessed by Sulak depicting the sexual abuse of other minor children. Thanks to our law enforcement team, Sulak will now be behind bars for the next 10 years and will have federal supervision conditions the remainder of his life.”
April Miller, acting Homeland Security Investigations Seattle Special Agent in Charge, said: “We will continue to work with our state and local partners to ensure those trying to harm our children are identified and prosecuted… A sentence like this should send a message that these crimes will not be tolerated.” Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste said: “We will never stop protecting the most vulnerable in our society – our children.”
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington prosecutes federal crimes across twenty counties east of the Cascade Mountains; it is part of the Department of Justice working closely with local agencies through its Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee which manages international training initiatives, according to its official website.