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Man Sentenced for Online Minor Encounter | Laredo News
A 41-year-old man named Robert Steven Lanier just got a 12-year federal prison sentence after trying to meet a minor he met online through the app Kik—where predators often lurk. He’d been messaging someone he thought was the parent of a 12-year-old, openly expressing sexual interest and calling himself a “sugar daddy.” When he showed up to a gas station on March 18th hoping to meet the kid, cops arrested him. Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo handed down the sentence along with 15 years of supervised release, strict internet restrictions, and mandatory sex offender registration. The FBI led the…
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