Weld County Internet Luring of a Child Attorney
Police Officer Caught in Sting Operation

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A police officer was charged with Internet Luring of a Child after sexually talking to an undercover agent online and inviting to meet in a hotel. Read more here.

Internet Luring of a Child is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person communicates electronically with a child they know to under 15 years old, the communication is sexually explicit, and invites the child to meet. A police officer is facing these charges after communicating online and setting up a meeting with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. According to the report, the man began communicating with an undercover agent on Omegle during a sting operation. The undercover officer claimed to be a 14-year-old female and the conversation quickly became sexual in nature and it was suggested that a hotel room would be rented for the face-to-face encounter. The IP address was obtained and a warrant was issued. The police officer was arrested and charged with Internet Luring of a Child.

Greeley Internet Luring of a Child Lawyer: Definition of Internet Luring of a Child Sting Operation

The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Internet Luring of a Child – 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.

The officer was 30 years old, which means he met the standard for being 4 or more years older than the 14-year-old he thought he was talking to.

Sentence for Internet Luring of a Child in Johnstown and Fort Morgan

In Greeley, Johnstown, and Fort Morgan Internet Luring of a Child is a class 5 felony unless the meeting was for the purpose for sexual contact and then it is a class 4 felony. The officer stated that he wanted to do it on the girl’s bed or he would rent a hotel room, which prosecutors would argue meant he intended to have sexual contact.

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 criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009. Together, we can protect your future.

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