Date: 02-03-2020

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Case Number: 1:19-cr-00277-MAD

Judge: Mae A. D'Agostino

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Albany County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Ashlyn Jessica Miranda, Alicia Suarez and Emily C. Powers

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Description: Albany, NY - The United States of America charged John Curley with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

John Curley, age 48, of Chester, Vermont, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for attempting to meet a 12-year-old girl for sex.

As part of his previously entered guilty plea, Curley admitted that he used an internet-based social networking service to solicit sex from someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl, but who was actually a police investigator acting in an undercover capacity. Curley was arrested in a parking lot in Fort Ann, New York, where Curley believed he was going to meet the 12-year-old girl for sex.

United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino also imposed a 20-year term of supervised release, which will start after Curley is released from prison. As a result of his conviction, Curley will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.

This case was investigated by the FBI and its Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes members of the New York State Police.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.

Charge:

18 U.S.C. 2423(b) - Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct WITH FORFEITURE ALLEGATION
(1)

Outcome: The defendant was sentenced on Count 1 of the Information to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a term of 57 months; Supervised Release for a term of 20 years, with standard and special conditions; No fine; $100.00 Special Assessment; Forfeiture pursuant to the forfeiture agreement.

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