United States of America v. Glenn Raymond Breeden

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor.

Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to Prison

Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced to 120 months' imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release after planning via cell phone to engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor.



The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Howard C. Nielson, Jr., comes after Breeden pleaded guilty in June 2024 to coercion and enticement/attempted coercion and enticement.



According to court documents and statements made at Breeden's change of plea and sentencing hearings, in January 2024, Breeden traveled from Florida to Utah. While in Utah, Breeden communicated via cell phone with an undercover law enforcement officer who he believed was the father of a child under the age of 12. Breeden told the father he planned to engage in sexual activity with the minor. Upon opening the door at a hotel in Salt Lake City to let the father and child into the hotel, Breeden was met by law enforcement and arrested.



The case was investigated by the West Valley Police Department and the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.



Assistant United States Attorney Joey Blanch of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah prosecuted the case.



This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, 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 to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.