SCRANTON – A Stroudsburg man was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release for using the internet to attempt to entice a 12-year-old minor female to engage in prohibited sex acts.
Robert Duus, age 35, was arrested on September 24, 2020, during an on-line communication with a law enforcement officer posing as the mother of a minor female. Duus agreed to pay money to the mother in exchange for sexual intercourse with the minor and then traveled to a location in Tannersville, PA for the purpose of meeting the mother and minor and paying for sex.
At the time of his arrest, Duus was taken into custody and charged with one count of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. He was found guilty and sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion on August 11, 2021.
As part of his sentence, Judge Mannion ordered Duus to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Philadelphia Division and its state and local law enforcement partners in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Assistant United States Attorney Jeffery St. John prosecuted the case. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the federal government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.
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Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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