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A school board president was arrested for Internet Luring of a Child after a police officer responded to his Craigslist ad. Read more about it here.

Most Internet Luring of a Child cases we see in Greeley, Fort Morgan, and Johnstown are a result of sting operations. Those accused of this Luring crime are not communicating with a young teenager, but instead an undercover male or female officer. That is what occurred with the former Adams County school board president. According to the news report, the man posted an ad on craigslist looking for “Daddy Daughter Role Play.” An undercover Aurora police officer responded, claiming to be a 12-year-old girl. The two agreed to meet at an Arby’s, but before he arrived, he made two stops: one to a motel and the other to buy condoms. He pled to Attempted Sex Assault on a Child and misdemeanor Child Abuse, with a two-year sentence to the Arapahoe County Jail and a five-year sentence to Sex Offender Intensive Supervised Probation. He will have to register as a sex offender.

Weld County Internet Luring of a Child Lawyer: What is the Definition of Internet Luring?

The Colorado law definition of Internet Luring of a Child in Weld, Morgan, and Logan County – C.R.S. 18-3-306 – is:

An actor commits internet luring of a child if the actor knowingly communicates over a computer or computer network, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message to a person who the actor knows or believes to be under fifteen years of age and, in that communication or in any subsequent communication by computer, computer network, telephone network, data network, text message, or instant message, describes explicit sexual conduct as defined in section 18-6-403 (2) (e), and, in connection with that description, makes a statement persuading or inviting the person to meet the actor for any purpose, and the actor is more than four years older than the person or than the age the actor believes the person to be.

Because the man initially began speaking with the ‘girl’ (officer) over email and text messages and then encouraged her to meet up with him, his actions meet the elements of this crime.

Greeley Internet Luring Lawyer: What is the Sentence for Internet Luring of a Child for this Former School Board President?

Internet Luring can be charged as a class 5 felony or a class 4 felony depending on the circumstances. If during the communications, there is sexually explicit talk, but no meet up is discussed or encouraged, then it is a class 5 felony punishable by 1 to 3 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. If a meet up is discussed or encouraged, then the Internet Luring is charged as a class 4 felony and is subject to indeterminate sentencing of 2 to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Internet Luring of a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best Greeley criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 today. Together, we can protect your future.

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