MI- Michigan Man sentenced to 1-20 years in prison for Internet crime in underage sex sting

7-9-2009 Michigan: Phase-I

GRAND RAPIDS -- Another of the 20 men swept up in an undercover police sting that set up men who allegedly were seeking underage sex was sentenced to one to 20 years behind bars.

____, 29, pleaded guilty in May to using a computer and the Internet to commit a crime.

He and 20 other men arrested in the sting actually were talking with undercover officers. The group Perverted Justice and the state Attorney General's Office helped on the sting.

____, of Kentwood, believed he was talking to a 14-year-old girl instead of the adult undercover investigator. Many of the men were from outside the West Michigan area, and about half have pleaded or been convicted. ..Source.. by The Grand Rapids Press