A 50-year-old man from Virginia has pleaded guilty to traveling to Washington D.C. to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
Michael Angel Gutierrez, of Lorton, Va., entered the guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on .
Gutierrez faces a maximum sentence of in prison and a potential fine of up to $250,000.
According to the government’s evidence, Gutierrez contacted an undercover officer with the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force on who had posted an ad on a social network site.
Over the next few days, Gutierrez engaged in e-mail, phone, and text message conversations with the undercover officer, whom the defendant believed was the father of an under-aged girl.
During this period of time, Gutierrez arranged with the undercover officer to meet for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with the child.
On , Gutierrez traveled from his apartment in Virginia to a pre-arranged meeting place in Washington, D.C. When he arrived at the meeting place, he was arrested.
This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative and investigated by the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes members of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and MPD.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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