Crime Wave Hits Baltimore: Man Arrested for Trying to Meet with Minor
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for trying to meet with a 15-year-old girl in Baltimore, Maryland. Travis Wilmoth, 31, of Fayetteville, North Carolina pleaded guilty to traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
The crime occurred in Baltimore, Maryland on multiple dates between March 2, 2018, and May 11, 2018. Wilmoth admitted to using social media to chat online with the minor female, who was 15 years old at the time, and those conversations became sexual in February 2018.
As part of his plea agreement, Wilmoth must register as a sex offender in the places where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
According to his plea agreement, on March 2, 2018, the FBI received a telephone call from the mother of a 15-year-old minor female who had recently discovered that Wilmoth had been using social media to chat online with her daughter since November 2017, and those conversations had become sexual in February 2018.
Wilmoth and the government have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea agreement, Wilmoth will be sentenced to nine years in prison followed by 25 years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III has scheduled sentencing for December 7, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the FBI for its work in the investigation. Mr. Hur thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Wilkinson, who is prosecuting the federal case.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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