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Canadian Man Jailed for Transporting Kansas Girl for Sex
A Canadian man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for picking up a 12-year-old girl in El Dorado, Kan., and taking her out of state for the purpose of having sex with her, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Stewart Kenneth Cody McGill, 21, of Bewdley, Ontario, pleaded guilty to one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. In his plea, he admitted he drove from Canada to El Dorado, Kan., to pick up a 12-year-old girl and have sex with her. Officers later found McGill and the girl parked on a country road in Michigan. They found text messages on the girl’s cell phone in which McGill indicated he intended to have sex with her and he was aware of her age.
‘This was a serious case of child exploitation and we are pleased that McGill will spend a long time behind bars for his crimes,’ Grissom said in a statement. ‘We appreciate the hard work of the FBI, the El Dorado Police Department, the Michigan Department of State Police and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart in bringing McGill to justice.’
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the El Dorado Police Department, the Michigan Department of State Police, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart. The charges were brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.
McGill’s sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Monti L. Belot in Wichita, Kan. In addition to his prison sentence, McGill will also be subject to a lifetime of supervised release upon his release from prison.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. initiative to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children and the online sexual exploitation of children. The federal initiative was launched in 2006.
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Key Facts
- State: Kansas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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