Date: 10-16-2020

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Case Number: :19-cr-50110-TLB

Judge: Timothy L. Brooks

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (Washington County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Fayetteville, Arkansas

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Description: Fayetteville, Arkansas attempt to entice minor for sex criminal defense lawyer represented Wayne King, age 66, with Attempted Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity.

According to court records, in September of 2019, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Northwest Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the Arkansas State Police, and several local law enforcement agencies conducted a joint operation to target online sexual predators in Northwest Arkansas. As part of the operation, undercover law enforcement investigators placed multiple advertisements on various online websites and mobile applications representing themselves to be minors.

On September 17, 2019, an individual who called himself Wayne (later identified as King) responded to a Craigslist advertisement and began emailing and text messaging with an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing as a 14-year-old female. Over the course of eight days, King exchanged several emails with the 14-year-old persona, in which he discussed performing sexual activities with the purported minor. King arranged a meeting with the purported 14 year old for a sexual encounter and was arrested upon arriving at the predetermined meeting location.

King was indicted by a federal grand jury in November of 2019, and entered a guilty plea in April of 2020.

This case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, and the Arkansas State Police. Assistant United States Attorney Amy Driver prosecuted the case for the United States.

18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) USING FACILITY OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE TO ATTEMPT TO ENTICE MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVIT

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to one hundred twenty (120) months imprisonment; ten (10) years supervised release; $100.00 special assessment; $25,000.00 fine.

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