Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child Attorney in Weld County
Sting Operation Results in 38 Arrests

A sting operation resulted in 38 arrested for internet sex crimes including Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child. Read more about it here.

Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person asks a child under the age of fifteen to touch their own intimate parts while communicating electronically or to observe the person’s intimate parts while communicating electronically. A recent sting operation looking for those communicating online with children resulted in charges of this crime along with Internet Luring of a Child and Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child. In total 38 men were arrested in Colorado and 1,700 nationwide.

Greeley Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child Lawyer: Definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation

The Weld, Logan, and Morgan County, Colorado law definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-405.4 – is:

(1) An actor commits internet sexual exploitation of a child if the actor knowingly importunes, invites, or entices through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message, a person whom the actor knows or believes to be under fifteen years of age and at least four years younger than the actor, to:

(a)  Expose or touch the person’s own or another person’s intimate parts while communicating with the actor via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message; or

(b)  Observe the actor’s intimate parts via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message.

Sentence for Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Greeley and Fort Lupton

In Greeley, Fort Lupton and Windsor, Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is a class 4 felony. This level felony is punishable by 2 years to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections. This sex offense is subject to indeterminate sentencing, meaning the judge will set the minimum prison term and the parole board decides if and when the person is eligible for release.

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

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