A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for his crimes against a 14-year-old girl. Eric Scott Alford, 38, of Clinton, Mississippi, was convicted of interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
According to court documents, Alford contacted an undercover law enforcement officer on July 26, 2023, posing as an adult woman with a 14-year-old daughter. He expressed a desire and intent to engage in various forms of sexual contact with the 14-year-old girl and her mother, both individually and collectively.
Alford frequently discussed and planned face-to-face meetings with the undercover officer and her daughter to engage in sexual acts, including suggesting that they travel to his residence in Mississippi. Separately, he communicated directly with who he believed to be the 14-year-old girl, again describing sexual acts he intended to perform on and with her and her mother, individually and collectively.
On August 2, 2023, Alford told the undercover officer’s daughter that he was traveling to Hammond, Louisiana, that evening to engage in sex acts with her and her mother. He drove from Flowood, Mississippi, to Hammond, Louisiana, in furtherance of his intent to engage in sexual acts with the 14-year-old girl and her mother.
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.
As part of his sentence, Alford was required to comply with sex offender registration requirements and pay $5,100 in assessments. 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 by the Department of Justice.
Alford’s sentence serves as a warning to those who would seek to exploit and harm children. The Grimy Times will continue to cover this and other cases of child sex crimes, shedding light on the dark reality of these heinous crimes and working to bring perpetrators to justice.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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