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Fayetteville Man Gets 10 Years for Trying to Sexually Abuse Child
ATLANTA – Scott Driscoll Bailey, a 45-year-old man from Fayetteville, Georgia, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to have sex with a child.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Bailey responded to an online advertisement in which a mother said she was looking for someone to teach her 9-year-old daughter to have sex. Over the next 10 days, Bailey communicated with the mother and said that he had had numerous sexual encounters with young girls.
He told the mother that he was a paramedic and that he would bring a prescription muscle relaxer to grind into a powder to give to the child. Bailey made arrangements to meet with the mother and her daughter at a fast food restaurant in Brookhaven, Georgia, but was arrested when he arrived, unaware that he was communicating with an undercover FBI agent.
Agents searched Bailey’s car and found condoms, lubricant, and a prescription muscle relaxer. Bailey had told the undercover agent that he intended to have sex with the child. He was convicted on March 1, 2016, after pleading guilty.
“Bailey expected to sexually abuse a young girl for his own perverse pleasure,” said U.S. Attorney John Horn. “Thankfully, he was caught by the FBI before he could prey on a child.”
“Today’s sentencing to federal prison will firmly hold Mr. Bailey accountable for his criminal behavior of attempting to prey on a minor child. It is reprehensible cases such as this that necessitates a vigilant and proactive posture by trained law enforcement officers and agents in protecting our nation’s children from those who would target and exploit them,” said J. Britt Johnson, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office.
Scott Driscoll Bailey was sentenced to 10 years in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Assistant United States Attorney Paul R. Jones prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov. For further information, please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6016.
The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.
Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Sex Crimes|Violent Crime|Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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