Eric Scott Alford, Interstate Travel for Illicit Sex, Louisiana 2024
NEW ORLEANS, LA - A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl.
Eric Scott Alford, 38, of Clinton, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(b),
According to court documents, on about July 26, 2023, Alford contacted an undercover law enforcement officer purporting to be an adult female with a fourteen-year-old daughter on a social network and messaging application designed for individuals interested in various “kink,” “fetish,” and alternative sexual practices.
Alford asked what “kinks” the woman had. On multiple occasions, over the next several days, in his correspondence with the woman, Alford expressed a desire and intent to engage in various forms of sexual contact with her and her fourteen-year-old daughter, both individually and collectively, including by providing graphic descriptions of the sexual acts.
Alford also frequently discussed and planned face-to-face meetings with the woman and her daughter to engage in sexual acts with each of them, including suggesting that they travel to Alford’s residence. Separately, Alford communicated via an instant messaging application directly with who he believed to be the woman's minor daughter.
On August 2, 2023, Alford told the minor daughter that he was traveling to Hammond, Louisiana that evening to engage first in sex acts with the woman and then to engage in sex acts with both the woman and her daughter. That evening, Alford drove from Flowood, Mississippi to Hammond, Louisiana, in furtherance of his intent to engage in sexual acts with the woman and her minor daughter.
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.
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations and the Louisiana Bureau of Investigations in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Public Integrity Unit, was in charge of the prosecution.
Alford was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release and was required to comply with sex offender registration requirements and pay $5,100 in assessments.
Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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