Internet Luring of a Child is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person uses social media or an online platform to have sexually explicit conversations with a person under the age of fifteen and invites that child to meet for any purpose. An Arapahoe County army recruiter was recently arrested for this crime after it was discovered he was using social media to solicit girls for sex. According to the report, he was communicating with a 10-year-old girl via Snapchat and the man had requested oral sex from her. He also tried to get naked pictures from a 16-year-old girl and her friends. The man was arrested and charged with Internet Luring of a Child and Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child.
Weld County Internet Luring of a Child Attorney: Definition if Internet Luring of a Child
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Internet Luring of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-306 – is:
It does not matter if the meeting actually occurred. Simply suggesting or inviting the child to meet is enough to meet the standards for this class 4 felony crime.
Greeley Soliciting for Child Prostitution Attorney: Definition of Child Prostitution
If the man had offered any money to the girls to meet up for sexual purposes, he could have also been facing Soliciting for Child Prostitution. The Weld County, Colorado law definition of Soliciting for Child Prostitution – C.R.S. 18-7-402 – is:
(a) Solicits another for the purpose of prostitution of a child or by a child;
(b) Arranges or offers to arrange a meeting of persons for the purpose of prostitution of a child or by a child; or
(c) Directs another to a place knowing such direction is for the purpose of prostitution of a child or by a child.
As a class 3 felony crime, Soliciting for Child Prostitution is punishable by 4 to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and registration as a sex offender.