Anthony Ryan Moore-Powell, Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, North Carolina 2018
A Chicago man who traveled to western North Carolina to engage in a sexual activity with a minor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Anthony Ryan Moore-Powell, 26, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on charges of coercion and enticement of a minor.
According to court documents, HSI became aware that Moore-Powell was using the Dark Web to locate a minor for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity on September 27, 2018.
An undercover agent posing as the father of an 8-year-old boy began communicating with Moore-Powell, and over the course of their online exchanges, Moore-Powell agreed to pay $1,500 in exchange for engaging in sexual activity with the minor over the course of a weekend.
On November 15, 2018, Moore-Powell flew from Chicago to Asheville, where he rented a vehicle and checked in at an area hotel. He then met with an undercover agent who was posing as the child’s father, and paid the agent $200 in cash as down payment in exchange for engaging in sex with the minor.
Law enforcement agents arrested Moore-Powell in the parking lot of the hotel. A search of his rental vehicle revealed toys and electronics intended as gifts for the minor, as well as $1,300 in cash and computer storage devices containing child pornography.
Moore-Powell pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor on February 25, 2019, and was sentenced to 14 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger. He was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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