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Hallandale Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Enticing Minor
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Hallandale Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Enticing Minor

Peter Robert Bobal, 42, of Hallandale Beach, was found guilty of enticing a 14-year-old to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.

According to the court record, the FBI opened an investigation into Bobal after receiving information from a concerned citizen. An undercover FBI agent posed as a 14-year-old girl and communicated with Bobal online. Over a period of twelve days in March of 2018, Bobal asked the individual he believed to be the 14-year-old minor more than 56 times to provide sexually explicit photographs and more than 70 times to meet him in person to engage in sexual activity.

Bobal arranged to meet the 14-year-old minor to commit a sexual act on March 14, 2018. On that date, Bobal was arrested when he arrived at the pre-arranged location to meet with the minor.

The jury found that Bobal committed a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender, following a 2005 conviction for enticement of a minor. Bobal faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg commended the investigatory efforts of the FBI and FBI Miami Child Exploitation Task Force in this matter. This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney M. Catherine Koontz and Assistant United States Attorney Francis Viamontes.

Bobal is set to be sentenced on August 14, 2018 by U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.