Texas Radio Host Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse

Dan Steffan aka Rick Austin

Chilling radio broadcasts with the voices of an admitted pedophile and his victims were played in a Collin County courtroom Thursday.

Plano syndicated radio host, Dan Steffen, pleaded guilty to abusing four victims.

“I’m pleading guilty because I am guilty,” said Steffen.

But police believe there are dozens if not hundreds of others.

Steffen not only admitted to sexually abusing boys, but he also pleaded guilty to offering someone $45,000 to have his prosecutor killed.

He worked as a radio host out of his home and prosecutors revealed disturbing excerpts from broadcasts talking about and to his victims.

According to testimony, the 70-year-old Steffen recorded a radio program under the name Rick Austin for low-power WTND-LP 106.3 FM in Macomb, Ill. He made the recordings from a studio in his Plano home. He often recruited young boys to help him on air.

Steffen pleaded guilty to child sex abuse and attempted capital murder.

Plano detectives raided his home last year after hearing he was engaging in sex acts with a 16-year-old boy.

Prosecutors played excerpts that include the boys voices and Steffen gushing over their appearance.

According to CBSDFW.com, Steffen could get anywhere from probation to life in prison when he is sentenced by the judge.